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Hingham author reflects on journey from Chicago's South Side to the South Shore
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHingham author Jerald Walker devoted more than a decade of his life to writing his latest book, "How...
This Chicago Couple Turns Vacant Lots into Flower Farms, Employs Local Youth as Florists: 'There's...
People via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSouthside Blooms is a non-profit that hires at-risk inner city youth to create farm-to-vase...
The Fall and Rise of Chicago’s Bronzeville
The Root via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs the first Black Americans migrated from southern states to the South Side of Chicago in 1916, the community and its people faced a bright and hopeful...
Opinion | What MLK’s Final Campaign Tells Us About His Legacy
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn MLK Day, I suspect it is easier for many Americans to reflect on King’s words of love and harmony...
As instigator in residence, ShaDawn Battle will focus on Chicago’s ‘footwork’ dance for National...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCHICAGO — Imagine dancing so fast your feet are moving at 160 beats per minute. That’s “footwork” —...
Clarence Page: A small step toward reversing the decades-long community harm of Chicago’s...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWhen President Joe Biden’s administration last week announced the award of $2 million to help...
How Quincy Jones came to Bremerton, and launched into history
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOne of the more significant naming projects in recent Bremerton history is the designation of...
In segregated Chicago, black and tans provided lively nightlife in the early 20th century
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn 1922, Genevieve Forbes took Tribune readers on an armchair tour of Chicago’s demimonde. She...
On ‘Freedom Day’ in 1963, thousands of Chicago students skipped school to protest segregation
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAlthough civil rights leaders including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. supported the designation of Oct....
Editorial: MLK’s Chicago setback looks more like a victory today
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWere the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement that he led outwitted by Chicago’s Mayor Richard J. Daley? As King’s top aide, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, would later write, ...