Mayor Brandon Johnson's 'Repair Chicago' initiative gathers experiences of harm from Black Chicagoans as residents push for ...

There’s a Southern twang in the Black Chicago accent, even though many Black Chicagoans are generations removed from the ...

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Without Black women, it's very unlikely Black History Month would be what it is today. Terrell believed Black history was essential to racial equality, and after Frederick Douglass died in 1895 she ...

A powerful new photography exhibit is giving Chicagoans a chance to see Black life in the city through a fuller lens.

The legacy of prominent black businesses in Chicago goes all the way back to Jean Baptiste Point DuSable. A fur trader of Haitian and French descent, he ran a trading post at the mouth of the Chicago ...

Bloomberg reports that U.S. Rep. Danny Davis is singing the blues — literally — about watching “black Chicago slip away” as Hispanics gain political power and economic clout in the city. The ...

A group of Black classically trained musicians called D-Composed have made it their mission to celebrate the work of Black composers from the past, present and future. "The mission of D-composed is to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- As Chicago and the country say goodbye to Reverend Jesse Jackson and celebrate his legacy, ABC7 is talking a look at the work being done to protect civil rights and ensure social ...