Chicago’s Big Shoulders Fund nonprofit and Brother Rice High School’s Mount Sion Program are honorees for South Side Irish ...

Lloyd Gaines, a valedictorian and aspiring lawyer, made history in the 1930s when he challenged the University of Missouri School of Law’s rejection due to segregation ...

One person was killed and three others critically injured early Wednesday morning when a Metra train collided with a vehicle ...

It all comes thanks to a federal grant to Cook County School District 130, which includes schools in Blue Island, Crestwood, ...

Lorraine Hansberry was a Chicago playwriting legend. Her father Carl was a real estate broker turned civil rights activist.

CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.

Chicago State hopes to be playing D-I college football in 2026. It's now officially seeking its first head coach.

Hundreds of requests for pardons and clemency petitions for federal convictions are filed each year, but usually just a few result in a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. Recent ...

Chicago tourists shouldn't miss the city's "Black Metropolis," a historic neighborhood on Lake Michigan with a thriving arts ...

Daniel Levin, who had a keen eye for underappreciated property in Chicago and in 50 years as a real estate developer, has ...

Segregation was an impetus for me. It was my life. It's my lived experience,” said Ninth Circuit Judge Johnnie Rawlinson. “No ...

History is a bad place, often. To get an idea just how bad, let’s return to Reagan’s biography. Those of more tender ...