The movement is a 24-hour economic blackout where consumers are not supposed to buy from corporations, avoid all nonessential ...

Explore the rich cultural heritage of Chicago's South Side, from the Great Migration to its enduring impact on culture, music ...

The idea of food as nourishment took on a whole new meaning during “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed ...

Miller Green fought against racial segregation in the south during the 1960s, helping set the stage for the Civil Rights Act that soon followed. Now living in the Chicago area, he recalled his time as ...

from Chicago to Philadelphia – to promote my new book, "New Prize for These Eyes – The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement." And I’m humbled by the large, yes large, turnout of ...

March 17 marks 106 years since the birth of musician Nat King Cole, whose success paved the way for future generations of ...

A national civil rights watchdog group launched an undercover investigation into housing discrimination in the Chicago area. The group, Housing Rights Initiative (HRI), spent nine months in the ...

A church-founded liberal arts college with a chaplain’s office was always going to be my choice for higher education. After ...