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Media pioneer Hermene Hartman keeps moving the needle on education and the N’DIGO brand: ‘There’s too much work to be done’
chicagotribune.com/2024/04/10/hermene-hartman-ndigo-legacy/
What Today’s Insurgent Campaigns Can Learn From Harold Washington: Filmmaker Joe Winston discusses his new documentary about Chicago’s first Black mayor and ...
wagingnonviolence.org/2024/02/harold-washington-lessons-for-taking-on-a-political-machine/
Flashback to the Detroit Stars: Baseball baron lived large, died suspiciously: A look back at Tenny Blount and Rube Foster, founders and owners of the Detroit ...
freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/02/18/detroit-baseball-baron-lived-large-died-suspiciously/72634104007/
‘He didn’t run’: A flutist honors his grandfather, a Chicago Defender journalist during the civil rights movement
chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ent-musical-journalism-concert-preview-20240131-yqza7c2phbaydpvga6slywggvq-story.html
Column: Betty Boop, now Broadway bound, had many influences. One is a remarkable 1920s South Side Chicago story.
chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-ent-betty-boop-chicago-origins-20231221-bx4mvyuu7ndbnbql7v3mkrzj3y-story.html
How a Single Dad With a Secret Identity Took on Big Tobacco: In 1990, “Mandrake” became an anti-cigarette vigilante.
slate.com/podcasts/one-year/s6/1990/e2/mandrake-and-menthol-cigarettes-how-a-single-dad-named-henry-brown-took-on-big-tobacco-by-whitewashing-billboards
On ‘Freedom Day’ in 1963, thousands of Chicago students skipped school to protest segregation
chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vintage-willis-wagons-civil-rights-freedom-day-boycott-20231022-s36ifxtawratdim6aj64srxb3u-story.html
In segregated Chicago, black and tans provided lively nightlife in the early 20th century
chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vintage-tribune-integrated-dances-20230924-mnppc3tbfbbvxi2afsodmh6jni-story.html
Willie Thrower made history for the Chicago Bears as the modern NFL’s 1st Black QB. 70 years later, his family hopes for recognition.
chicagotribune.com/sports/bears/ct-chicago-bears-willie-thrower-black-quarterback-20230916-kv5hisflwbfptgqzyowzuf6kbm-story.html
Bud Billiken Parade 2023: Route, start time and 94-year-old history of Chicago’s back-to-school tradition
chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bud-billiken-parade-chicago-2023-20230810-x2npj6467fcwpchwhixctbzsuu-list.html
Column: How the Double Duty Classic connects Chicago’s rich baseball past with its future
chicagotribune.com/sports/ct-white-sox-double-duty-classic-20230713-4ctuhbg7x5e2fja2vjzr7nvzmy-story.html
As Black leaders pushed for ‘community control of police’ 50 years ago, one activist cop was assigned to patrol an alley
chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vintage-community-control-of-police-conference-20230723-2qazrn4tfbeb7nvpj4jyyxw7ia-story.html
The Black scientists behind Oppenheimer's Manhattan Project: At least 19 Black scientists and technicians worked on the creation of US nuclear bombs ...
businessinsider.com/manhattan-project-oppenheimer-black-scientists-history-atomic-bomb-science-2023-7
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Mamie Till-Mobley: How Emmett’s mother fought for justice after her son’s killing
independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/mamie-till-mobley-emmett-monument-b2381052.html
Quick Glance: Biden pays tribute to Emmett Till with national monument
- President Biden pays tribute to Emmett Till with a national monument and urges Americans to explore the country's full history.
- The monument signifies a renewed commitment to immortalize the country's racial history.
- Any potential future acts of vandalism would be investigated by federal authorities.
- Biden has already enacted legislation that classifies lynching as a federal crime.
Who Was Emmett Till?: Here is a look at who he was, the outrage at his murder and the acquittal of his killers, and how he has shaped the civil rights movement ...
nytimes.com/article/who-was-emmett-till.html
Quick Glance: Carolyn Bryant, the mysterious accused in Emmett Till's lynching, has died at the age of 88.
- Carolyn Bryant, a former beauty queen with creamy skin, high cheekbones, and piercing dark eyes, was 21 years old in 1955.
- According to Tyson, Bryant stated.
- Bryant testified that on August 24, 1955, she was alone in the store when Till walked in for chocolates.
- "You needn't be afraid of me," Till told her.
Edward G. Gardner, Co-Founder of Soft Sheen Hair-Care Company, Dies at Age 98: Family firm got a huge boost from a glossy hairstyle favored by Michael Jackson
wsj.com/articles/edward-g-gardner-co-founder-of-soft-sheen-hair-care-company-dies-at-age-98-baeeb7d5
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Chicago’s Gun Laws: A (Brief) History: It’s nearly impossible to separate modern-day gun laws from race.
themarshallproject.org/2023/03/24/chicago-gun-laws-strict-history-illinois
Englewood’s long railroad history: How the South Side’s neighborhood has intertwined with the tracks
chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vintage-tribune-englewood-railroads-20230212-rir2ruqi3fd6tjtfd3l3qdpjg4-story.html
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Marjorie Stewart Joyner, an influential Black beautician and Bud Billiken Parade organizer
chicagotribune.com/history/ct-vintage-tribune-joyner-20230205-cwzpux3eurh3hgroiaqaxmd7m4-story.html
Tracing my ancestors' Great Migration by train: An African American follows the path her ancestors took to migrate north.
detroitnews.com/story/travel/2023/02/21/tracing-my-ancestors-great-migration-by-train/69927269007/
Mississippi city of Greenwood to unveil Emmett Till memorial statue: "I am elated that it happened here," Mississippi state Sen. David Jordan said.
abcnews.go.com/US/mississippi-city-greenwood-unveil-emmett-till-memorial-statue/story
Political ploy of moving migrants from Texas to liberal strongholds is not new: The history of the Reverse Freedom Rides of 1960s holds lessons for activists on ...
oregonlive.com/palabra/2022/10/political-ploy-of-moving-migrants-from-texas-to-liberal-strongholds-is-not-new.html
Paid articlePaid The Bud Billiken Parade through the years: Here is a look back at the history of this beloved annual event in Chicago.
abcnews.go.com/US/bud-billiken-parade-years/story
Going to the Bud Billiken Parade Saturday? Here’s the location, route and time information you need.
chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bud-billiken-parade-map-2022-20220811-x3fr3rogbracfhgd7inlq5nqda-list.html
Paid articlePaid Clarence Page: Emmett Till’s story, despite new revelations, still needs the whole truth
chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-emmett-till-carolyn-bryant-donham-christopher-benson-page-20220719-c67jhjavmbafxlejyxqnd7dkmy-story.html
Emmett Till, and Mamie Till Mobley, still await justice | Editorial: Emmett Till and his mom, Mamie Till Mobley, still await justice for a brutal murder in 1955 ...
orlandosentinel.com/opinion/editorials/os-op-editorial-emmett-till-mamie-till-mobley-caroline-bryant-donham-ct-20220718-thgwg7wq3fdpdjw62wdvz6pnlm-story.html
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