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CHICAGO METRO HISTORY FAIR

2017 SUMMARY STATEMENT FORM
Attach an annotated bibliography (AB) that is divided between primary and secondary sources.
Submit two copies of the SS and the AB at the competition. Please type.

Student name(s) _Abigail Kushiner and Franceska Beasley

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Title Gale Cincotta: One woman movement
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Check if applicable (and respond to question 3)
This project uses the 2017 National History Day theme, Taking a Stand in [Chicago/IL] History.
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1. THESIS STATEMENT
Present the projects argument or interpretation in two sentences. If you are using the NHD
theme, you might want to make it evident in your thesis statement.

The efforts of Chicagos Gale Cincotta and her organization the National
Peoples Action brought to light the injustices of redlining as practiced by banks,
realtors, and insurance companies, and leveraged public outcry to force federal
politicians to pass the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (CRA).

2. SUMMARY OF PROJECT
Briefly explain your project and its conclusion. Include: How and why did change happen and
what was the impact? Why is it historically significant? What historical meaning or importance
can we learn from your findings?

In conclusion to our history fair project, change happened in Chicago in which case
Gale Cincotta a woman activist with organizations like the OBA, NITC, and the NPA
these located in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago they held and created methods to

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protest FHA (Federal Housing Movement) and the HOLC (Home Owners Loan
Corporation).
3. Required for projects using the National History Day theme only.
Our project integrates the NHD theme Taking a Stand in [Chicago/IL] History in our argument
because Gale Cincotta was a leader that took a stand to end housing discrimination in the
neighborhoods of Chicago during the 1960s. The purpose of our argument was to explain how
Gale Cincotta actions within Chicago communities and by creating organizations like the NPA
( National People's Action) she was able to stand against banks, realtors and insurance
companies that had developed habits or redlining.

4. PROCESS
A. We started off with the historical question, What was the significance of Gale Cincotta
and her organization the National People's Action? And has we did more research about her work
within the Chicago community in the 1960s and the different organizations she developed in order
to stop housing discrimination.
B. To support our argument we collected many different forms of evidence such as
newspapers, articles, photos, documentation of interviews, and books.
C. Select one piece of evidence that you used and explain how it influenced your
argument.
Book called Gale Force Gale Cincotta The Battles for Disclosure And Community
Reinvestment by Michael Westgate with Ann Vick-Westgate. This source guided our
argument because it directed the way in which it showed how Gale Cincotta affected and
organized societies around Chicago to end redlining.
D. To do research we went to the Harold Washington Library and the Depaul University
Library.