Activist shares story of Freedom Riders at Black History Month event in Markham
Miller Green was a Freedom Rider, a group that challenged segregation on interstate transit in the face of violence and arrest. He shared his story at a Black History celebration in the south suburbs.
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Chicago journalist, activist Ida B. Wells remembered at the DuSable Black History Museum
We all know Ida B. Wells Drive downtown, named for the Chicago journalist, activist, and researcher in the late 19th and ...
Chicago outdoors: A lakefront beaver leads the notes
Paul Vriend's photo of a beaver swimming at Jackson Park leads the notes package from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
Today in Chicago History: ‘I’m glad it was me instead of you.’ Mayor Anton Cermak shot.
Once at the hospital, Cermak reportedly uttered the line that is engraved on his tomb. Speaking to FDR, Cermak allegedly said ...