The Black church has long played a significant role in supporting faith and the fight for Civil Rights in America, with its origins dating back to the first African American congregations in the ...

The Black church has long played a significant role in supporting faith and the fight for Civil Rights in America, with its ...

While Till's accused killers, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam, were acquitted by an all-white jury, the two later admitted to Till ...

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. was with Emmett Till the night he was murdered and is still haunted by the tragedy today.

Carrying signs with slogans including “FIGHT IGNORANCE NOT IMMIGRATION,” a crowd of more than 150 people gathered in West ...

After reading a recent Sun-Times investigation on opioid deaths among a generation of Black men, WBEZ editor Alden Loury ponders the role of racism and segregation in those deaths.

The Suffolk and the Riverhead Anti-Bias Task Force present the second installment of “Black History On Screen.” ...

This week on the Disabilities Beat, WBFO’s Emyle Watkins speaks with Stephanie Orlando, from Western New York Independent ...

Illinois is celebrating its rich history of Black Americans' contributions to the labor movement, including the creation of the first Black union in 100 years.

Chicago matrimonial attorney Jeffery Leving ... Lloyd Gaines and his role in one of the most important early court cases in the 20th-Century civil rights movement, Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, ...

The protests by the 50501 Movement come days after rallies in opposition of Trump's immigration policies were held across the ...

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