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Cermak's reply, "He don't like my name . . . It's true I didn't come over on the [[Mayflower]], but I came over as soon as I could" was something ethnic Chicagoans could relate to. (Making a New Deal, 256)

Cermak's son-in-law, [[Otto Kerner, Jr.]], was [[Governor of Illinois]] from [[1961]] to [[1968]] and later headed the [[Kerner Commission]], which issued a report on [[race relations]] in the [[United States]].

On the south side of Chicago, 22nd street is also called "Cermak Road." The branch of the Blue Line of the [[Chicago El]] is known as the "Cermak Branch."