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'''Skokie''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|k|oʊ|k|i}}; formerly '''Niles Center''') is a [[Village (United States)|village]] in [[Cook County, Illinois]],
Skokie was originally a [[Germans|German]]-[[Luxembourger]] farming community, but was later settled by a sizeable [[Jews|Jewish]] population, especially after [[World War II]]. At its peak in the mid-1960s, 58% of the population was [[Jews|Jewish]],{{Failed verification|date=March 2022}} the largest proportion of any Chicago suburb. Skokie still has many Jewish residents (now about 30% of the population) and over a dozen synagogues.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Jewish United Fund – Locate a Synagogue |url=https://www.juf.org/congregants/Congregations-Locate.aspx |access-date=
Skokie has twice received national attention for court cases decided by the [[United States Supreme Court]]. In the mid-1970s, it was at the center of ''[[National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie]]'', in which a Nazi group, backed by the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], invoked the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] in an attempt to schedule a Nazi rally in Skokie.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Skokie: The legacy of the would-be Nazi march in a town of Holocaust survivors|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/skokie-legacy-nazi-march-town-holocaust-survivors/story?id=56026742|access-date=
==History==
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===Beginnings===
[[File:summer 2006 0882.jpg|thumb|A 1925 "Chicago"-style bungalow in Skokie]]
[[File:Skokie Village Hall.JPG|thumb|Skokie Village Hall]]
In 1888, the community was incorporated as Niles Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Niles Center Incorporation Papers, March 8, 1888|url=https://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/id/1670/|access-date=
During the real estate boom of the 1920s, large parcels were subdivided; many two- and three-flat apartment buildings were built, with the "Chicago"-style [[Bungalow#Chicago bungalow|bungalow]] a dominant architectural specimen. Large-scale development ended as a result of the [[Wall Street Crash of 1929|Great Crash of 1929]] and consequent [[Great Depression]]. It was not until the 1940s and the 1950s, when parents of the [[baby boom]] generation moved their families out of Chicago, that Skokie's housing development began again. Consequently, the village developed commercially, an example being the Old Orchard Shopping Center, currently named [[Westfield Old Orchard]].
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During the night of November 27–28, 1934, after a gunfight in nearby [[Barrington, Illinois|Barrington]] that left two [[FBI]] agents dead, two accomplices of notorious 25-year-old bank-robber [[Baby Face Nelson]] (Lester Gillis) dumped his bullet-riddled body in a ditch along Niles Center Road adjoining the St. Peter Catholic Cemetery,<ref>[http://www.mapquest.com/maps?name=St+Peter's+Catholic+Church&city=Skokie&state=IL&address=8116+Niles+Center+Rd&zipcode=60077&country=US&latitude=42.028788&longitude=-87.753977&geocode=ADDRESS&id=7518987 St. Peter Catholic Cemetery, 8115 Niles Center Rd., Skokie 60077]</ref> a block north of Oakton Street in the town.<ref>"Trace Outlaw Nelson on Death Ride". ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. November 29, 1934. p. 1</ref>
The first African-American family to move to Skokie arrived in 1961, and [[Open Housing Act|open-housing]] activists helped to integrate the suburb subsequently.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Integration Eases into Highland Pk.|last = Yackley|first = Sel|date =
===Name===
Historic maps named the Skokie marsh as ''Chewab Skokie'', a probable derivation from ''Kitchi-wap choku'', a [[Potawatomi]] term meaning "great marsh".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shabica |first1=Charles |title=Swamp Secrets: The Natural and Unnatural Evolution of the Skokie Lagoons |url=https://www.winnetkahistory.org/gazette/swampsecretsskokielagoons/#:~:text=It%20is%20said%20that%20Potawatomi,primarily%20for%20hunting%20and%20fishing. |website=Winnetka Historical Society |date=October 12, 2012 |publisher=Winnetka Historical Society Gazette |access-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref> Other Indigenous names include ''skoutay'' or ''scoti'', an Algonquian words for "fire".<ref>Virgil Vogel, "Indian Place Names in Illinois", Illinois State Historical Society, 1963</ref> "Skokie Marsh" was used by local botanists, notably [[Henry Chandler Cowles]], as early as 1901.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924001765175|title=The Plant Societies of Chicago and Vicinity|publisher=Geographic Society of Chicago|year=1901|author=Henry Chandler Cowles|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924001765175/page/n77 68]}}</ref> The village name was changed from "Niles Center" to "Skokie" by referendum in 1940. The name change may also have been influenced by James Foster Porter, a Chicago resident, who had explored the "Skoki Valley" in [[Banff National Park]] in Canada in 1911 and admired the name; Porter supported the name "Skokie" in the referendum.<ref>{{cite book| last=Barnes| first=Christine| title=Great Lodges of the Canadian Rockies| year=1999| publisher=W. W. West| location=Bend, Oregon| isbn=0-9653924-2-2| pages=130}}</ref>
===Supreme Court rulings===
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In 1977 and 1978, Illinois neo-Nazis of the [[National Socialist Party of America]] (NSPA) attempted to hold a march in Skokie, far from their headquarters on Chicago's south side. Originally, the neo-Nazis had planned a political rally in [[Marquette Park (Chicago)|Marquette Park]] in [[Chicago]]. The park is located in what was then a predominantly all-white neighborhood, similar to the [[Marquette Park (Chicago)#Civil rights protests|situation in 1966]], when a crowd of 4,000 Marquette Park residents gathered to watch [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] lead a march, some waving Confederate flags or throwing bottles, bricks and rocks at the protesters; King was knocked to his knees when struck by a rock.<ref name=Wilkerson>{{cite book |first=Isabel |last=Wilkerson |title=The Warmth of Other Suns|url=https://archive.org/details/greatmigration00wilk |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Random House]] |location=[[New York City]] |year=2010 |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatmigration00wilk/page/388 388] |isbn=9780679444329}}</ref> However, the Chicago authorities thwarted the NSPA's plans.<ref name="SkokievNzs" />
Seeking another free-speech political venue, the NSPA group chose to march on Skokie. Given the many [[Holocaust]] survivors living in Skokie, the village's government thought the Nazi march would be disruptive, and refused the NSPA permission to hold the event. The NSPA appealed that decision, and the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] interceded on their behalf, in ''[[National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie]]''. An Illinois appeals court raised the injunction issued by a Cook County Circuit Court judge, ruling that the presence of the [[swastika]], the Nazi emblem, would constitute deliberate provocation of the people of Skokie. However, the Court also ruled that Skokie's attorneys had failed to prove that either the Nazi uniform or their printed materials, which it was alleged that the Nazis intended to distribute, would incite violence.<ref>{{cite news | last = Dubey | first = Diane | title = No swastikas allowed: Lift march injunction | work = The Skokie Life | date =
Moreover, because Chicago subsequently lifted its Marquette Park political demonstration ban, the NSPA ultimately held its rally in Chicago. The attempted Illinois Nazi march on Skokie was dramatized in the television film ''[[Skokie (film)|Skokie]]'' in 1981. It was satirized in the film ''[[The Blues Brothers (film)|The Blues Brothers]]'' in 1980.
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}}</ref> The village is bordered by [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]] to the east, [[Chicago]] to the southeast and southwest, [[Lincolnwood, Illinois|Lincolnwood]] to the south, [[Niles, Illinois|Niles]] to the southwest, [[Morton Grove, Illinois|Morton Grove]] to the west, [[Glenview, Cook County, Illinois|Glenview]] to the northwest, and [[Wilmette, Illinois|Wilmette]] to the north.
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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br /> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1770122 |access-date=
There were 22,503 households, out of which
The village's age distribution consisted of 23.3% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 27.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $74,725, and the median income for a family was $93,491. Males had a median income of $46,915 versus $37,025 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $37,827. About 7.5% of families and 9.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 12.9% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over.
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|+'''Skokie village, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Skokie village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1770122&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>▼
!Pop
▲!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Skokie village, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1770122&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
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|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|41,549
|35,955
|style='background: #ffffe6; |33,697
|55.50%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |49.68%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|4,566
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,256
|7.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.75%
▲|7.75%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|65
|70
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.08%
▲|0.08%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|13,425
|16,437
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18,726
|25.37%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27.61%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|15
|13
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.03%
▲|0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|
|119
|185
|style='background: #ffffe6; |424
|0.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.63%
▲|0.63%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed
|1,757
|1,830
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,457
▲|2,457
|2.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.62%
▲|3.62%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|3,620
|5,728
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,185
|8.84%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10.59%
▲|10.59%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''63,348'''
|'''64,784'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''67,824'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}
▲''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''
Skokie is approximately 28% Jewish<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hautzinger |first=Daniel |date=
Skokie also contains a sizeable [[Assyrian people|Assyrian]] population. Some [[Assyrian American]] organizations, such as the [[Assyrian Universal Alliance#Assyrian Universal Alliance Foundation|Assyrian Universal Alliance Foundation]], report that Assyrians make up the largest ethnic group in Skokie, with the population estimate being upwards of 20,000. The population of the local high school district, [[Niles Township High School District 219]], is reported to be about 30% Assyrian, making them the largest ethnic group at the school district as well.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.auaf.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Assyrians-in-Chicago.pdf | title = At a Glance: The Assyrian Community in Chicago}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://theassyrianjournal.com/candlelight-march-highlights-assyrian-martyrs-day-in-skokie/ | title = Candlelight march highlights Assyrian Martyr's Day in Skokie | last = Snell | first = Joe| date = August 2019 | website = The Assyrian Journal | quote = The Assyrian Universal Alliance Foundation (AUAF) estimates roughly 100,000 Assyrians in the Chicagoland area and upwards of 20,000 in Skokie. That number, Mayor Van Dusen said, has continued to rise over the last decade.|access-date = August 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.aina.org/news/20140921193738.htm | title = 5K Walk Calls Attention to Assyrian Suffering in Iraq | date = September 21, 2019 | website = Assyrian International News Agency |quote = The walk was held in Skokie, a suburb of Chicago which is home to 20,000 Assyrians.| access-date = August 25, 2020}}</ref>
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===Top employers===
According to the Village's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.egovlink.com/public_documents300/skokie/published_documents/Finance%20Department/CAFR/2018%2004%2030%20Village%20of%20Skokie%20IL%20Audit.pdf |title=Village of Skokie CAFR |access-date=March 2, 2019
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==Arts and culture==
[[Westfield Old Orchard]], an [[luxury goods|upscale shopping]] center, is one of the country's first and is the third largest mall by total square footage in Illinois
[[File:Skokie-Orchard-Fountain.jpg|thumb|Fountain at Westfield Old Orchard]]
The Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park is situated along the [[North Shore Channel]] between Dempster Street and Touhy Avenue on the east side of McCormick Boulevard. The first sculptures were built in the park in 1988 and it now has over 70 sculptures. Three areas are toured May through October of each year, on the last Sunday of the month with a presentation by a [[Museum docent|docent]].<ref>[http://www.sculpturepark.org Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park]</ref> Just north of the sculpture garden is a statue to [[Mahatma Gandhi]] with five of his famous quotations engraved around the base. This was dedicated on October 2, 2004.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.skokienet.org/gandhimemorial/memorial.htm | title=SkokieNet - Social Mobile Apps | access-date=October 29, 2006
In addition to municipally-managed public spaces, the village is also home to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, encompassing Centre East, Northlight Theatre and the [http://www.svso.org Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra]. The facility celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.northshorecenter.org/about-us/history/ |title = History}}</ref>
[[File:Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center 3.jpg|thumb|The [[Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center]] in Skokie]]▼
The [[Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center]] opened in Skokie on April 19, 2009.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/19/illinois-holocaust-museum_n_188750.html| title=Illinois Holocaust Museum Opens in Skokie: Bill Clinton, Elie Wiesel Address Crowd of Thousands| date=
Skokie's founding and early days were the subject of the 2023 documentary, ''Holy Ground''.
▲The [[Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center]] opened in Skokie on April 19, 2009.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/19/illinois-holocaust-museum_n_188750.html| title=Illinois Holocaust Museum Opens in Skokie: Bill Clinton, Elie Wiesel Address Crowd of Thousands| date=2009-04-19| work=The Huffington Post| access-date=2009-04-20}}</ref>
===Library===
On October 7, 2008, the [[Skokie Public Library]] received the 2008 [[National Medal for Museum and Library Service]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imls.gov/news/2008/100708.shtm |title=News Releases |access-date=
==Parks and recreation==
[[File:North Shore Center for Performing Arts.jpg|thumb|North Shore Center for Performing Arts in Skokie]]
The Skokie Park District maintains public spaces and historical sites within its more than {{convert|240|acre|km2}} of parkland and in its ten facilities.<ref>{{
▲[[File:Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center 3.jpg|thumb|The [[Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center]] in Skokie]]
The [[Skokie Valley
▲The Skokie Park District maintains public spaces and historical sites within its more than {{convert|240|acre|km2}} of parkland and in its ten facilities.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}
The [[North Shore Channel Trail]] also passes through town.
▲The Valley Line Trail is a multi-use trail connecting the northwest side of Chicago to the communities of [[Lincolnwood, Illinois|Lincolnwood]] and Skokie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chi.streetsblog.org/2016/12/30/lincolnwood-builds-new-segments-of-the-valley-line-trail-and-the-weber-spur/|title=Lincolnwood Builds New Segments of the Valley Line Trail and the Weber Spur|last=Zoline|first=Jeff|date=2016-12-30|website=Streetsblog Chicago|url-status=live|access-date=3 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lincolnwoodil.org/enjoy-lincolnwood/parks-and-recreation/our-parks/valley-line-trail-recreation-path/|title=Valley Line Trail – Recreation Path|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-03}}</ref>
==Education==
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[[Niles Township High School District 219]] operates public high schools.
A portion of the city is served by the [[Evanston/Skokie School District 65]] and [[Evanston Township High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eths.k12.il.us//cms/lib/IL01903927/Centricity/Domain/220/ETHS%20School%20Profile%202018-19.pdf|title=EVANSTON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL 2018-19 School Profile|publisher=Evanston Township High School|access-date=
====High schools====
[[File:Niles North High School (2023).jpg|thumb|[[Niles North High School]] in Skokie]]
* [[Niles North High School|Niles North]] of District 219
* [[Niles West High School|Niles West]] of District 219
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* [[Ida Crown Jewish Academy]] (9th through 12th), boys and girls
* [[Fasman Yeshiva High School]] (9th through 12th), boys only
* Solomon Schechter Day School Ginsburg Early Childhood Center.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sadin|first=Steve|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/northbrook/ct-nbs-solomon-schecter-new-head-tl-0125-story.html|title=Solomon Schechter welcomes new head of school|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=
Muslim:
* [[MCC Academy]] (Pre-K through elementary are in Skokie, with secondary students in [[Morton Grove, Illinois|Morton Grove]])<ref name=About>{{cite web|url=https://www.mccacademy.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=341779&type=d|title=Mission & Vision|publisher=[[MCC Academy]]|accessdate=
Roman Catholic:
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* [[Oakton College]] (Ray Hartstein Campus) This is the site of the old Niles East High School. The original structure, built in the 1930s, was demolished in the 1990s.
* [[Hebrew Theological College]], a private university. It was chartered in 1922 as one of the first Modern Orthodox Jewish institutions of higher education in America.
* [[National-Louis University]] has a campus near the Skokie Courthouse
==Infrastructure==
===Public transportation===
The [[Chicago "L"]]s [[Yellow Line (CTA)|Yellow Line]] terminates at the [[Dempster–Skokie (CTA station)|Dempster Street]] station in Skokie. Construction has been completed on a new Yellow Line train station at [[Oakton–Skokie (CTA station)|Oakton Street]], to serve downtown Skokie
| title = Yellow Line Extension Alternatives Analysis Study
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The New Starts program allows federal funds to be used for [[Capital expenditure|capital project]]s provided that all
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Although the Yellow Line is the fastest transportation to and from the city, the village also is served by [[Chicago Transit Authority|CTA]] and [[Pace (transit)|Pace]] bus routes. The [[Pace Pulse]] Dempster Line opened through the village in 2023. However, [[Greyhound Bus]] service to the Dempster Street train station has been discontinued. For automobile transport, [[Interstate 94]], the [[Edens Expressway]], traverses western Skokie, with interchanges at Touhy Avenue, Dempster Street, and Old Orchard Road.
===Major highways===
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==Notable people==
*[[Eric Rosen (chess player)|Eric Rosen]], chess player and [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] streamer▼
*[[Rob Ambrose]],
*[[Louie Belpedio]], NHL player for the [[Minnesota Wild]]
*[[Mike Byster]], mathematician, mental calculator and math educator
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*[[Bart Conner]], Olympic gymnast, 1984 gold medalist
*[[David Cromer]], theatre director and stage actor
*[[David Draiman]], lead singer of [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]
*[[Robert Feder]], media blogger, former columnist for ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''
*[[Brenda A. Ferber]], author of children's literature
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*[[Ken Kramer]], former Congressman
*[[Lou Lang]], politician
*[[Rashard Mendenhall]],<ref name="Skokie Review: A Look back at Rashard Mendenhall">{{cite news | url=http://skokie.suntimes.com/people/a_look_back_rashard_mendenhall_at_niles_west-SKO-08192013:article | work=Chicago Sun-Times | title=A look back: Rashard Mendenhall at Niles West | Skokie Review | access-date=October 8, 2013
*[[Abdel Nader]], professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association
*[[Brent Novoselsky]], NFL tight end
*[[Noam Pikelny]], banjo player, known for association with string quintet Punch Brothers
*[[Esther Povitsky]], standup comedian, actress and podcast host
*[[Matt Reichel]], politician
▲*[[Eric Rosen (chess player)|Eric Rosen]], chess player and [[Twitch (service)|Twitch]] streamer
* [[Clarke Rosenberg]] (born 1993), American-Israeli basketball player in the [[Israel Basketball Premier League]]
*[[Jessy Schram]], actress
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*[[Calvin Sutker]], politician and lawyer
*[[Azhar Usman]], Indian-American Muslim standup comedian, actor, writer, and producer.
*[[Bushra Amiwala]], First Gen Z Elected Official in the United States
*[[Wesley Willis]], visual artist and musician
==References==
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==Further reading==
*''When the Nazis Came to Skokie: Freedom for Speech We Hate'', Philippa Strum, University Press of Kansas (
*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080504025957/http://skokienet.org/skokienet.now/centenn/ Skokie, 1888–1988: A centennial history]'', Richard Whittingham, Village of Skokie (1988), ASIN B00071EORW
* Steven J. Heyman (ed.), Controversies in Constitutional Law: Hate Speech and the Constitution (New York and London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1996, Vol. II)
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