Black History Month is an opportunity to reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future. In Chicago, the public library serves as a hub ...

As a Black American, I always approach February’s annual celebration of Black History Month with pride and bewilderment.

Another Black icon with the name is Eartha M. M. White, a humanitarian and philanthropist. The name, like it sounds, means ...

Her work has not only won her a Peabody, two George Polk and three National Magazine Awards, but also the highest award in ...

From Raphael Warnock to Barack Obama, Black leaders have been mum. Better still, who exactly can we call on as Black leaders ...

And Franklin Tarbell was a very religious man and he was a by the book bible man. And this general upheaval made Ida wonder what ... 3000 a day wells, you need a lot of coopers.

A book about them is warranted not simply as a tribute to their ... The phrase “teaching to live” comes from public educator and journalist Ida B. Wells. Speaking to men in prison, she encouraged them ...

Actor Josh Gad will discuss his new book of essays Jan. 16 at the Athenaeum ... $67); 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20 at Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells ($27-$57). Visit chicagosinfonietta.org.

In February, you can celebrate Black History Month with a variety of WTTW programming that explores the political, artistic, ...

Signage at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office at 101 Ida B. Wells Drive in the Loop ... into a marshaling center. The book, “Making Mexican Chicago: From Postwar ...

February is Black History Month and we've rounded up 120 inspiring Black History Month quotes from civil rights icons ...

Palmetto was also one of the towns offering reward money for the capture of Samuel Wilkes (aka Sam Hose), whose brutal lynching made international news and was written about by Ida B. Wells ...