Dawn Turner Trice

For nearly six decades, Dolores Chestnut has been singing in the choir at the historic St. John Church-Baptist in the Bronzeville neighborhood. On most Sundays, she looks out onto a...

On the evening of Good Friday in 1973, Brenda Myers-Powell put on her $3.99 lime green dress with the puffy sleeves, her $2.99 black shoes that made a crunching sound...

As a child growing up in Mexico City, Dr. Ricardo Rosenkranz loved performing magic tricks. He became reacquainted with the art 12 years ago when, during a trip home to...

When Lance Williams talks to elementary and high school students about the Black P Stone Nation, a street gang later known as El Rukns, he conveys a history lesson and...

When environmentalist Naomi Davis walks past the boarded-up homes and businesses in her Woodlawn neighborhood, she envisions a community that will confront the climate crisis by becoming self-sustaining, with vibrant,...

Henry and Mattie Hines live in the same high-rise apartment complex on East 33rd Street that they moved into four months after they got married in 1955. From a well-appointed...

When you watch a performance by Ella Jenkins, known as the "First Lady of Children's Music," you might think that it's her little fans who make the 86-year-old woman with...

Chicago advertising legend Tom Burrell is making what may be the most important pitch of his life. He's trying to convince blacks that the daily consumption of negative images and...

Until Bryan Le Blanc's 93-year-old mother died earlier this month, she had spent the last four years of her life in the Alzheimer's unit at Maryhaven Nursing & Rehabilitation Center...