IUN event explores importance of food in the fight for civil rights
The idea of food as nourishment took on a whole new meaning during “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed ...
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Chicago area civil rights activist remembers time as a freedom rider
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 ...
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College years during the Civil Rights Movement -- and a meeting with MLK
A church-founded liberal arts college with a chaplain’s office was always going to be my choice for higher education. After ...
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Meet Diane Nash: The Chicago woman who fought for civil rights in the South
Diane Nash led the rides from Birmingham to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961. She organized the 1963 Birmingham Desegregation ...
Rolling Out7d
Chicago’s South Side emerges as powerful Black cultural hub
Explore the rich cultural heritage of Chicago's South Side, from the Great Migration to its enduring impact on culture, music ...
The Root12d
13 Myths And Truths About The Civil Rights Movement
In this digital age of disinformation, it’s easy for simple facts about the Civil Rights Movement to get misconstrued. During ...
Nat King Cole’s often overlooked role in the Civil Rights Movement
March 17 marks 106 years since the birth of musician Nat King Cole, whose success paved the way for future generations of ...
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Chicago Schools’ Bid to Boost Black Student Achievement Draws Legal Challenge
A conservative advocacy group filed a legal challenge against Chicago Public Schools on Friday ... calling the program discriminatory under federal civil-rights laws and in violation of recent ...
Chicago Tribune27d
Willie Wilson: President Donald Trump is eroding decades of civil rights progress
Crain’s Chicago Business reported that “the ... Mays, a leader in the civil rights movement, said: “He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster ...
'Eyes on the Prize III' expands a classic with lessons on the civil rights fights of recent decades
Without frills, important HBO documentary series looks back at 1970s arson in the Bronx, the Million Man March of 1995 and ...
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Civil rights complaint filed against 165 Chicago-area realtors, brokerages
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 ...