Chicago’s society women threw a world’s fair of their own in the 1920s to showcase female talent
In the 1920s, the cream of Chicago's high society mounted a Women's World's Fair to showcase female talent.
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Living in a Far South Side ‘toxic doughnut,’ Hazel Johnson fought for environmental justice
Hazel Johnson fought for environmental justice from her home in Altgeld Gardens, a public housing complex in the middle of a "toxic doughnut" on Chicago's Far South Side.
The remarkable Pollards, the first Black family to settle in Rogers Park
As his son saw it, Fritz Pollard and his siblings were destined for success because of the challenges they faced as the first Black family in West Rogers Park. “Growing...
William Dawson, 20th century powerbroker of Black Chicago, fought against segregation in the armed forces
On the final day of World War I, William L. Dawson was overcome with the conflicting emotions he felt as a Black lieutenant in a segregated U.S. Army, fighting for...
Debate from 1866 over 14th Amendment raging anew with challenges to Trump’s place on ballot
A constitutional question central to the upcoming presidential election that is now before the U.S. Supreme Court was also argued in front of Chicago's courthouse in 1866. On Nov. 2...
Jimmy Carter slept here, and other tales from the Guyon Hotel in West Garfield Park
The Hotel Guyon was built on a conviction that there was money to be made in catering to middle-class aspirations. In 1928, high-rise living was a prerogative of the well-to-do....
The 1833 Treaty of Chicago forced Native Americans off their land, but legal disputes continued for years
In June 1905, the Tribune recalled that some 70 years earlier, diplomacy had been a thriving industry on Lake Michigan's shore, far removed from its accustomed focal point in the...
At the dawn of the Al Capone era, prosecutor William McSwiggin was killed in a hail of machine gun bullets outside a Cicero tavern
The McSwiggin murder was the kind of story that editors once thought sold newspapers. The Tribune laid out the initial facts in a front-page story on April 28, 1926: "William...
The secretive Twelfth Night Ball was a post-holiday highlight on Chicago’s society calendar
The location of the Twelfth Night bash was once Chicago's equivalent of a state secret. Invitees had to leave a phone number where they could be reached at dinnertime on...
For decades, Tree Studios was a peaceful refuge for artists in the midst of a noisy city
The Tree Studios building doesn't appear to be 130 years old because it was commissioned by a Chicago couple that could well afford to have it built to last. Lambert...