Diane Nash led the rides from Birmingham to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961. She organized the 1963 Birmingham Desegregation ...
Black history took a prominent role in Andrea King's childhood. The educator and civil rights activist didn't learn about historical icons like Fannie Lou Hammer, Langston Hughes or Sojourner truth in ...
Lillian Gregory, the widow of comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory, remembers her husband who died in 2017. The interview is part of the StoryCorps "Brightness in Black" project.
Jerry Butler, the soul singer-songwriter and hit maker known as the Iceman, died Thursday at his home in Chicago. He was 85.
Stationed just six miles south of Soldier Field, the harbor is also the place where Bears flags fly high out on Lake Michigan. Listening intently to the conversations of Bears fans at the harbor, I ...
Who killed Malcolm X? The civil rights icon was assassinated in New York six decades ago today, but questions about his death ...
Jerry Butler, the original lead singer of the R&B and soul group The Impressions, has died. He was 85. The Mississippi-born ...
It wasn't only the free-love hippies that enjoyed floral prints and motifs in the '60s - motifs were also popular on the mini ...
The Grammy-nominated R&B and soul singer/songwriter, who became involved in local politics in Chicago later in life, ...
Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley” is a creative re-enactment of James Baldwin and William F. Buckley's 1965 battle about the ...
Jerry ‘The Iceman’ Butler, the iconic soul singer-songwriter, has passed away at the age of 85 due to natural causes after a ...
From Reagan to Trump, the fight for sanctuary has deep roots in the United States. The lessons of the 1980s anti-war ...