Chicago faith and civic leaders encourage people to participate in nationwide ‘Blackout Friday’
The movement is a 24-hour economic blackout where consumers are not supposed to buy from corporations, avoid all nonessential ...
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Chicago area civil rights activist remembers time as a freedom rider
Miller Green fought against racial segregation in the south during the 1960s, helping set the stage for the Civil Rights Act that soon followed. Now living in the Chicago area, he recalled his time as ...
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IUN event explores importance of food in the fight for civil rights
“Black Philanthropy and the importance of food during the Civil Rights movement is a huge topic ... her to take the next step with the Chicago Sky? Angel Reese is dominating in Unrivaled.
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College years during the Civil Rights Movement -- and a meeting with MLK
A church-founded liberal arts college with a chaplain’s office was always going to be my choice for higher education. After ...
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Chicago Schools’ Bid to Boost Black Student Achievement Draws Legal Challenge
A conservative advocacy group filed a legal challenge against Chicago Public Schools on Friday ... calling the program discriminatory under federal civil-rights laws and in violation of recent ...
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The Black church’s role in Civil Rights and social justice continues to grow
Reverend Dr Otis Moss III leads the congregation at Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago’s South Side ... was that they were sitting on the sidelines during the Civil Rights movement, they weren ...
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Civil rights icon Rosa Parks was a Yogi: ‘She was often taking care of herself’
To protest her arrest, the Black community boycotted the Montgomery bus system, a pivotal event in the modern Civil Rights Movement. The way Parks took a stand for civil rights reflects many of ...