Timuel Black

Commentary: Advice to young activists from a 101-year-old historian: The 2020 census matters

June 22, 2020 at 1:21 p.m.

These last months have been a stressful and difficult time in the history of our country. I say that with some experience behind me. I'm 101 years old. I was...

Timuel Black, 96, an educator, activist and longtime South Side resident, was on hand when it was announced May 12, 2015, that the Obama presidential center would be coming to Chicago.

Obama library will be the jewel of the South Side

August 23, 2019 at 12:26 p.m.

Standing on stage during last week's announcement that the Obama presidential center will be on Chicago's South Side, I felt that a long journey was returning to its source. We...

The South Shore Cultural Center is one of the semifinalist sites for Obama's presidential library.

Obama’s presidential library belongs on the South Side

May 11, 2019 at 1:56 a.m.

As a child growing up on Chicago's South Side in the 1920s, I often heard from my wise mother that I should pay attention to our neighbor, Dr. Julian Dawson,...

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