The breakfast, held annually on MLK day, honors the memory and legacy of Dr. King as well as the work of Reverend Jackson.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Some immigrant rights groups in Chicago have filed ... government's aim to destroy the Chicago-based sanctuary city movement, not any compelling government interest," said Sophia ...

an Associated Press journalist and newsroom leader who covered the civil rights movement and 1968 Democratic National Convention protests in Chicago, died Friday. He was 91. He died at his home in ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Next Monday is also Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: a day to reflect on the contributions of the murdered civil rights leader. On Thursday, some kids at Whitney Young High School got ...

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition, died Jan. 10 at 76. His sister, Daisy Rodríguez,

Jackson Sr., who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights movement. Attendees at the breakfast included Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois House Speaker Emmanuel ...

Immigrant advocacy groups in Chicago filed a lawsuit Saturday morning against the Trump administration and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over planned deportation raids.

One day before federal agents descended on the city, a coalition of immigrant advocacy groups and community organizations sued the Trump administration for its “brazen attempt to stomp out the sanctuary city movement and run roughshod over the First Amendment.”

The Trump administration’s long-promised “largest mass deportation operation” in U.S. history, which was announced to begin “on day one,” has so far resulted in what some experts and immigration advocates suggest are an average number to mild increase in arrests and deportations.

Shermann “Dilla” Thomas honored the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his complicated history in Chicago during his keynote speech in Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall Tuesday night. Thomas’ keynote speech was the culmination of a series of MLK Commemoration events hosted by Northwestern.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 27, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service,

Tim Rarus, Bridgetta Bourne-Firl, Greg Hlibok, Jerry Covell appear in Deaf President Now! by Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jeff Beatty.