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Charlique Rolle, center, mingles with guests during a kickoff event for Black Arts Month at Black Ensemble Theater in Chicago on Oct. 9, 2023.

Congo Square’s Charlique Rolle is the new leader of Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago

October 10, 2023 at 12:47 p.m.

"How Blood Go," "What to Send Up When It Goes Down," "Welcome to Matteson" — each is the title of a recent work that Congo Square Theatre produced, centered on...

Lachelle Evans-Beard, seen at home on Sept. 22, 2023, will again be hosting her domestic violence awareness gala, which is marking its third year.

Domestic violence survivor wants to honor women’s resilience with Burr Ridge gala. ‘These women are champions.’

October 8, 2023 at 9:14 a.m.

Oak Lawn resident and domestic violence activist Lachelle Evans-Beard wants to honor women for their resilience. And she's doing it with her "I Am Free" gala Saturday in Burr Ridge....

Cheryl Johnson is the executive director of People for Community Recovery.

‘Help This Garden Grow’ podcast highlights environmental trauma inflicted on Black and brown communities

October 6, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

The name Hazel Johnson is synonymous with the term environmental justice. For those who are not aware of that, Respair Production & Media's podcast "Help This Garden Grow" spells it...

Kianna Rose, left, portrays Gracie Dunbar and E. Faye Butler plays Grace Dubose Dunbar during a rehearsal of "The Nacirema Society" (American spelled backward) at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago on Sept. 15, 2023.

A citywide salute to playwright Pearl Cleage, from ‘The Nacirema Society’ to ‘Mad at Miles’

October 3, 2023 at 1:09 p.m.

Family matriarchs. Rites of passage. Love. Family secrets. Personal ambition and legacy. Playwright Pearl Cleage's 2010 play "The Nacirema Society" (American spelled backward) has everything. Set in Montgomery, Alabama, in...

Una pintura de New Philadelphia de Thelma McWorter Kirkpatrick Wheaton muestra la primera comunidad fundada legalmente por una persona negra. La ciudad integrada en la zona rural de Illinois creció a 160 personas en 1865, pero finalmente fue abandonada.

El Ferrocarril Subterráneo de Illinois: Los descendientes sienten un profundo orgullo al descubrir conexiones

April 15, 2024 at 3:44 p.m.

Existe una hermosa dualidad en el primer sitio de Chicago reconocido como parte del Ferrocarril Subterráneo. Al frente, una placa histórica inaugurada en 2019 marca solemnemente la antigua granja Jan...

Clockwise from top left: The Antioch Baptist Church in Venice, Chicago's Finest Marina in Chicago, the Second Reading Book Shop in Alton and The Gillett House in Jacksonville are all Underground Railroad sites in Illinois. Photographs were made using an iPhone tintype filter.

El Ferrocarril Subterráneo de Illinois: Historias de escapes de la esclavitud

April 15, 2024 at 3:44 p.m.

"Por cualquier medio necesario" no era una exageración cuando se trataba del vuelo de vida o muerte hacia la libertad a través del Ferrocarril Subterráneo de Illinois. John y Eliza...

Enrich Chicago Director Nina Sánchez, shown on Sept. 20, 2023, said the survey is "about how we understand where change is actually happening, how change can continue to happen and get a sense of not only are we doing what we said we would do, but what are we learning in the process."

Enrich Chicago’s racial impact survey finds equity still lacking across arts and culture ecosystem

October 2, 2023 at 7:36 p.m.

Three years after the racial reckoning following George Floyd's murder, Enrich Chicago, a nonprofit working to address systemic racism in the arts, released results of a survey showing work remains...

Images from photographers Bob Black, Ovie Carter, Howard Simmons and John White are seen displayed on a light table at the South Side Community Art Center on Sept. 16, 2023.

Chicago’s trailblazing Black photojournalists are back together through an exhibit of their work

March 12, 2024 at 11:55 a.m.

We all look at the world through different lenses, but photojournalists do it in a more literal sense every day. Photography brought four friends, teachers and trailblazers together at the...

En el sentido de las agujas del reloj desde arriba a la izquierda: la Iglesia Bautista Antioch en Venecia, el mejor puerto deportivo de Chicago, la librería Second Reading en Alton y la Casa Gillett en Jacksonville son sitios del ferrocarril subterráneo en Illinois. Las fotografías se realizaron utilizando un filtro tipográfico de iPhone. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Mapa: Lugares históricos del Ferrocarril Subterráneo de Illinois, además de lo que debe saber antes de ir

April 15, 2024 at 3:44 p.m.

Si prestaste atención en clase de historia, recordarás que el Ferrocarril Subterráneo no era un ferrocarril en absoluto. Era más bien una red fluida de lugares donde los buscadores de...

Rocky Fork New Bethel A.M.E. Church, in Godfrey, IL, is an Underground Railroad site, seen on June 22, 2023. Photographed with an iPhone using the Tin Type filter. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

El Ferrocarril Subterráneo de Illinois: Glosario de términos

April 15, 2024 at 3:44 p.m.

Al compartir las historias de Illinois y los lugares del Ferrocarril Subterráneo, estamos poniendo el foco en las personas que actuaron para abolir la esclavitud en Estados Unidos, aquellos que...

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