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'Lost history becomes erased history': How one project aims to preserve Bronzeville's history
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoPatricia Diggs and Kitonga Alexander created the Bronzeville Histories Institute to unearth Black...
These tour guides are fighting segregation in Chicago. Here’s how you can too.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoHe towered over the packed bus, standing well over 6 feet, with a head full of locks and a purple...
Margo Jefferson feels ghosts around her. The Chicago-born writer of ‘Negroland’ spends a day with us...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO — Margo Jefferson, who has worked a half-century as one of the more formidable and composed critics of American culture, watched the city unwind from the back seat of an SUV. We moved ...
Daywatch: Will ex-Ald. Ed Burke get a Christmas wish or a lump of coal?
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGood morning, Chicago. As the ultimate City Hall insider for decades, Ed Burke became a master of...
Transit fans are on a quest to ride Chicago's ‘L’ in record time. It won’t be easy
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO -- Daniel Buwalda and a group of friends arrived at the Linden Purple Line station before dawn on a cold, snow-covered February morning. Armed with snacks and maps, they were setting ...
Chicago voters adjust to new polling places as turnout uneven throughout city
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhile some Chicago voters in Tuesday’s midterm elections showed up at the wrong place, elections...
Everything You Need to Know About the 2022 Chicago Marathon
Women's Running via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Windy City is known for a flat, fast marathon course, fast times and, unfortunately,...
Eat. Watch. Do. — ‘The Flash’ review, Father’s Day specials, plus Hyde Park Summer Fest
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s Thursday, Chicago. And on this Friday Junior, we’re looking at another weekend of festivities....
$5.5 million grant aims to expand tourism in 12 more underrepresented neighborhoods
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe South Side of Chicago is often overlooked, stigmatized or simply ignored, said Nedra Sims Fears, executive director of the Greater Chatham Initiative. But in the past year, Chatham’s hidden ...
How the Chicago City Council election is shaping up: Who’s facing steep competition, and who’s...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs Chicago gears up for next year’s citywide election, it’s already apparent that the future makeup of City Council could seismically shift this February. Though less high profile than the mayor ...