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 ...

Hear from author Michelle Duster about her great-grandmother Ida B. Wells’ lifelong fight for equality. Writer and activist Ida B. Wells was selected to appear on a new quarter as part of the 2025 ...

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.

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

Historians who have studied Chicago's immigrant communities say the conversations around Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations echo calls that sought to drive out immigrants during the 1930s and ...

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.

On Nov. 6, the morning after former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House, the Rev. Dr. Joseph Evans of Berkeley School of Theology started to call other ...

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 ...

(Emma Lee/WHYY) JEVS Human Services Work Ready/The Choice is Yours will lead volunteers in distributing clothes, books, food and toiletries to ... “Pyrrhic Defeat,” and a panel discussion on Ida B.