Witness to History
At 107 years old, Juanita Mitchell saw the 1919 race riots firsthand
Commemorating Chicago’s Red Summer of 1919
Photos of key sites and commemorative events on the 100th anniversary of Eugene Williams’s murder
Scenes from History
An excerpt from a photovoice and oral history project exploring the 1919 Chicago riot
Present and Past
How we commemorate the race riots of 1919
History Is Now
A new history helps understand conflicts around education in Chicago today
Fifty Years of Fred Hampton’s Rainbow Coalition
A look back on how multiracial Chicago-style coalition building has influenced organizing to this day
A Palace for the People
South Shore residents continue a long fight to make the South Shore Cultural Center a space for community arts
The Meter of the Blues
With the Oscar Brown Jr. Archive Project, artists Maggie and Africa Brown have finally come home
The Fight to Remain
A new affordable housing complex at 63rd and Cottage Grove has Woodlawn’s low-income residents wondering about their place in the neighborhood
An American Suburb, 2018
Stories and photos from Dolton, Illinois