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Airickca Gordon-Taylor, center in purple, and the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., both cousins of Emmett Till, speak outside Roberts Temple Church of God In Christ in Chicago on Aug. 28, 2015. They led a motorcade to Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the death of Emmett Till. Till's funeral took place at Roberts Temple in September 1955.

Emmett Till anti-lynching act called a victory for his legacy and more than 6,000 others whose lives were taken in the U.S.

March 8, 2022 at 6:24 p.m.

Legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime and prevent racist killers from evading justice was introduced more than 200 times but never once passed into law, according to Illinois...

Storekeeper Saleema Ali stocks produce at the new Go Green on Racine Fresh Market on March 7, 2022.

25 years in the making, Englewood opens the Go Green Community Fresh Market, a new vision of the corner store: ‘It’s truly a breath of fresh air.’

March 8, 2022 at 5:57 p.m.

Corie Luckett grew up in the Englewood neighborhood — walking distance from the newly opened Go Green Community Fresh Market (1208 W. 63rd St.). Luckett recalls having to walk to...

Hyde Park Summer Fest organizer Jonathan Swain at the Sophy hotel on Feb. 28, 2022.

Hyde Park Summer Fest is scheduled for June 11-12. Here are the details.

March 1, 2022 at 2:51 p.m.

Third time is the charm for the Hyde Park Summer Fest. After two cancellations due to COVID-19, the fest is scheduled for June 11-12 on the Midway Plaisance(59th Street and...

Actor Steve Silver, left, plays the defense attorney for J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, the two men tried for the murder of Emmett Till, during a filming of Collaboraction's "Trial in the Delta: The Murder of Emmett Till."

Collaboraction play ‘Trial in the Delta’ brings the transcript of Emmett Till’s 1955 murder trial to the stage: ‘This is like we’re keeping the casket open.’

February 25, 2022 at 10:02 a.m.

The pandemic has kept many things on hold or at least at bay. But the 1955 Mississippi murder of Mamie Till-Mobley's 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, brought the cast and crew...

‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’ is back on Disney+ in 2022 with pop culture ‘references going fast and furious’

February 23, 2022 at 5:14 p.m.

Don't call "The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder" a reboot. According to South Side native and executive producer Ralph Farquhar it's a revival. A revival that premiered on Disney+ on...

Henry Shelton in the second floor unit's kitchen of a building he redeveloped at 3838 W. Adams Street in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood on Feb. 16, 2022. The home sat vacant for at least five years before Shelton purchased it from the Cook County Land Bank Authority, looking for a way to give back to the West side communities.

Segregation’s toll on Chicago: WTTW’s new season of ‘Firsthand’ documentary series looks at the cost to the region and its people

February 22, 2022 at 5:44 p.m.

Tia Brown, a 4th grade Chicago Public Schools teacher and mom of three, was born and raised on the city's West Side, where she and her husband hoped to buy...

Jermal Ray, researcher for the "Changing the Beat of Mental Health" report, works with Ujima mentor Luis Sinchi as Ray crafts his presentation at Communities United in Chicago on Feb. 19, 2022.

Chicago’s mental health resources for young Black and brown men need an overhaul — and a group of them are researching how to do it

February 28, 2022 at 2:14 p.m.

The collective trauma of seeing 13-year-old Adam Toledo shot to death on police body camera footage in March 2021 was not a new sensation for young Black and brown men...

Helmet mask: antelope (Nyanga) in the exhibit Equiano currently at the DuSable Museum of African American History.

DuSable Museum’s ‘Equiano’ exhibit and Instagram film tell story of Olaudah Equiano as if he lived now, with social media

May 22, 2026 at 7:56 p.m.

Black joy. That is what one sees when stepping foot inside the DuSable Museum of African American History's new "Equiano" exhibit. The exuberance of an average 11-year-old boy of Igbo...

Joining the protest outside of Convention Hall over seating of Mississippi delegates are, left to right, Fannie Lou Hamer of Mississippi, and the parents of slain civil rights worker Michael Schwerner, Anne and Nathan Schwerner, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1964.

The documentary ‘Fannie Lou Hamer’s America’ took more than 10 years to make. The activist’s words continue to inspire.

February 18, 2022 at 9:44 a.m.

How much do you really know about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer? In these pandemic years, her story has been told on the Goodman Theatre stage and in Chicago...

The Knot released its Real Weddings study on Valentine's Day 2022, reflecting how the pandemic impacted nuptials in 2021 and what consumers can expect in 2022.

Weddings are coming back in full force for 2022, with 2.6 million expected in the U.S., says The Knot

February 14, 2022 at 8:24 p.m.

It's been two years and counting of living in a pandemic world. And two years ago, wedding trends were pointing more toward sustainability, second dresses, power suits, couples coats and...

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