After Walk graduated from Melrose High School in 1955, she traveled to Chicago to attend college ... outstanding woman of the Memphis Civil Rights Movement was Cornelia Crenshaw.

The Birth of House” will open the 10th edition of Chicago’s Doc10 documentary film festival on April 30. The doc, which ...

Six decades after Nat King Cole’s death in 1965, his music is still some of the most played in the world, and his celebrity ...

In the face of political turmoil, faith leaders offer hope and resilience, urging Black America to rely on Christianity and ...

According to the findings of a two-year federal investigation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has found the city of Chicago in violation of civil rights of its residents, in a ...

Civil rights advocates see Trump’s order to shutter the department as a broadside against hard-fought gains in educational access — an unfinished, but nonetheless central, part of the movement for ...

Five community groups joined together in Federal Plaza Wednesday to speak out against the anticipated reintroduction of a travel ban by the Trump administration.

A large crowd, led by the advocacy group Trans Up Front Illinois in support of transgender people, rallied at Federal Plaza on March 30, 2025. Sunday’s protest took place a day before Trans Day of ...

The Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar has been plagued by wars and natural disasters since it became independent from Britain ...

Leaders of Chicago area immigrant rights groups gathered in Federal Plaza ... communications director for the Chicago office of the American Civil Liberties Union, released this statement ...

Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar, who serves as one of the country’s ...

Hundreds took part in a demonstration that stepped off Chicago's Federal Plaza in a response to escalating attacks on trans rights nationwide.