Bloomberg reports that U.S. Rep. Danny Davis is singing the blues — literally — about watching “black Chicago slip away” as Hispanics gain political power and economic clout in the city. The ...

Black History Month is being celebrated for is 100th year, and it originated right here in Chicago. In fact, it started at what used to be the Bronzeville YMCA at 37th and Wabash. But how did that ...

There’s a Southern twang in the Black Chicago accent, even though many Black Chicagoans are generations removed from the ...

Without Black women, it's very unlikely Black History Month would be what it is today. Terrell believed Black history was essential to racial equality, and after Frederick Douglass died in 1895 she ...

Elected leaders turned out en masse on Nov. 8 for the Chicago Urban League’s annual Golden Fellowship Dinner. The star-studded black-tie event drew Chicago’s elite Black citizens, including Mayor ...

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Chicago is widely known for its skyline and food but some of the city’s most powerful stories are the ones you don’t always hear. Black history is woven into Chicago in ways that might surprise you.

Black history is fundamentally a part of Chicago history. In recent years, the City of Chicago and its cultural institutions have made gradual efforts to spotlight how Black history has shaped our ...