Naomi Nix

Activists from several Chicago community groups on Thursday called for a one-day boycott of Chicago Public Schools because of what they say are discriminatory practices against poor African-American and Latino...

Activists from several Chicago community groups on Thursday called for a one-day boycott of Chicago Public Schools because of what they say are discriminatory practices against poor African-American and Latino...

The first day of classes in Chicago is just days away, but the three daughters of Jesse Owens, the African-American hero of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, are not giving...

More than 20 years ago, friends could often find Michael Hopkins in the library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying for his aerospace engineering degree, hoping to one...

A field house at a Near West Side elementary school that had been the site of a series of community protests over its proposed demolition was torn down Saturday morning....

Willie Louis was a witness to the murder of Emmett Till, testifying in court on a case that opened the nation's eyes to the dangerous discrimination facing African-Americans in the...