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Illinois sets Chicago's urban scale against broad farmland and a civic history tied to Lincoln and Black achievement.
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Chicago anchors the state, while agricultural landscapes extend across much of Illinois beyond the metropolis. Abraham Lincoln's years here and Chicago's role in Black-owned business and presidential history give the state several distinct historical threads.
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