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 ...

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) also had a history of segregation it was trying to undo. Robert Baden-Powell founded the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

A proposal to strip the name of the late U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde from the DuPage County courthouse and related offices in ...

The team's stated goal is to “spread goodwill worldwide," and it has routinely contributed to basketball’s growth and society’s betterment.

Instead of signaling a turning of the corner in pursuit of a more perfect union, the elevation of a Black man into the White ...

Developers promise a quantum hub will bring good paying jobs to South Chicago. But some wonder if a commercial quantum ...