One man's stay at a YMCA in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood would eventually lead to the creation of Black History Month. Here's how. While in Chicago for the Lincoln Jubilee commemorating the 50th ...

From art to dance to comedy, here's how to celebrate Black History Month across Chicago. 🎭 Black and Highly Flavored Catch this live 90-minute production celebrating Black joy through music and ...

The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center is celebrating its 65 th anniversary as one of Chicago's most iconic institutions. The nation’s first and oldest museum of Black history and ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicago Public Schools hosted a panel discussion Tuesday night exploring the history and legacy of two Bronzeville high schools as part of Black History Month. Speakers ranging from ...

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You could be the 70-year-old with a collection of 4,000 vinyl records, or the college student studying music theory: Virginia Shipp says the Vinyl Collectiv is a cross-cultural, intergenerational ...

Today, Chicago is filled with public schools bearing the names of prominent and influential Black people who were significant to the city and the U.S. In Burnside, there’s Harold Washington Elementary ...

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