Rockford’s Camp Grant gave rise to city’s thriving black community

Rockford’s Camp Grant gave rise to city’s thriving black community



What is now the Chicago Rockford Airport used to be the site of Camp Grant, one of the largest U.S. Army training camps, housing thousands of soldiers during World War I, including thousands of black soldiers.

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