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Mahalia Jackson, left, sings "We Shall Overcome" with civil rights leaders the Rev. Martin Luther King, third left, Jesse Jackson, second from right, and Albert Raby, right, on Aug. 4, 1966. The event happened at 844 W. 71st St. in Chicago.

Rev. Jesse Jackson handing the reins of Rainbow/PUSH to Dallas pastor

August 15, 2024 at 2:59 p.m.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease eight years ago, is stepping down from the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the influential Chicago-based civil rights organization he founded through...

Patric McCoy's photograph titled 'Jeff' was taken in 1985.

A conversation with Patric McCoy, who photographed Black gay men enjoying themselves in 1980s Chicago

July 11, 2023 at 1:47 p.m.

Seven years ago. That was the last time we caught a glimpse of activist art collector Patric McCoy's work in relation to the intersection of art, AIDS and Chicago. In...

Manifestantes a favor y en contra de la acción afirmativa discuten frente a la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. en Washington, el 29 de junio de 2023. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Cuando la Corte Suprema anula la acción afirmativa, Chicago e Illinois reaccionan: ‘Esta decisión solo nos hace retroceder’

April 15, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

La estudiante de la Academia Kenwood, Scarlett Rose Smith, de 14 años, ya ha estado planeando el día en que postula a las universidades, con la escuela de arte en...

Protesters for and against affirmative action argue outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, June 29, 2023.

As Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action, Chicago and Illinois react: ‘This decision only sets us back’

June 29, 2023 at 7:19 p.m.

Kenwood Academy student Scarlett Rose Smith, 14, has already been planning for the day she applies to colleges, with art school in mind. But with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling...

La concejal de Chicago Ruth Cruz (D-30), en la cuadra 5700 de W. Belmont Ave., en Chicago el viernes 2 de junio de 2023. Una de las principales prioridades de Cruz, dijo, es conseguir más negocios en los escaparates ahora vacíos.

La próxima generación de liderazgo latino está siendo forjada por Chicago Latino Caucus Foundation

April 15, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

Cuando el concejal Gilbert Villegas, (D-36), reforzaba sus habilidades de liderazgo en 2013 en una sesión de capacitación con Leadership Greater Chicago, una organización de desarrollo de liderazgo cívico, miró...

Ald. Ruth Cruz, 30th, is seen in in the 5700 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago on June 2, 2023. One of Cruz's top priorities, she said, is to get more businesses in now-vacant storefronts.

The next generation of Latino leaders are being forged by the Chicago Latino Caucus Foundation

June 27, 2023 at 11:10 a.m.

When Ald. Gilbert Villegas, 36th, was shoring up his leadership skills in 2013 in a training session with Leadership Greater Chicago, a civic leadership development organization, he looked around to...

Black Bench Chicago's first cohort of graduates poses for a group photo on Nov. 14, 2021, at the Tree House in River North.

Interested in leadership on another level? Applications open for next Black Bench Chicago program.

June 20, 2023 at 11:55 a.m.

During winter 2021, South Side labor organizer Anthony Driver was excited to be a part of Black Bench Chicago's first cohort. As the Service Employees International Union Healthcare's political and...

Juneteenth Productions founder and Creative Director Judith McCray outside of her home in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago on June 18, 2023.

Judith McCray, founder of Juneteenth Productions, was working on social issues surrounding the day long before it became a holiday

March 12, 2024 at 12:03 p.m.

Twenty-six years ago today, Judith McCray founded a media company and named it Juneteenth Productions. Maurice Bisaillon, Juneteenth Productions' executive producer, said that before Juneteenth became a holiday, McCray was...

Yohance Lacour, shown in his Chicago studio, is the host of the podcast "You Didn't See Nothin," about the 1997 hate crime beating of 13-year-old Lenard Clark in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago.

In 1997, a 13-year-old was beaten by white Bridgeport teens. A podcast challenges the racial narrative that followed.

June 19, 2023 at 8:57 a.m.

The new podcast "You Didn't See Nothin" takes a critical look at the media narrative that followed the 1997 Bridgeport neighborhood beating of 13-year-old Lenard Clark Jr., a Black child...

From left, Antoinette Robertson as Lisa, Grace Byers as Allison, Jermaine Fowler as Clifton and Dewayne Perkins as Dewayne in "The Blackening."

Talking Blackness, self-love and legacy with Chicagoan Dewayne Perkins, the mind behind ‘The Blackening’

June 15, 2023 at 3:40 p.m.

Not gonna lie, Dewayne Perkins, the multi-hyphenate entertainer (comedian, writer, actor, producer) has been on the Tribune's radar for quite some time. Critic Nina Metz has followed his trajectory ever...

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