In the first episode of the Real Chi - Real Talk podcast, hosts Elizabeth and Joe discuss Black History Month and the historic contributions Ida B. Wells made to the culture. The hosts also talk about the legacy of Walter Emanuel Jones, the first Black power ranger, before dissecting the latest Kanye West drama.
Read MoreGrowing up, I found myself being able to connect to programs on television where I saw myself represented. Diversity and inclusion is the difference between someone feeling left out, and someone feeling accepted and safe. For a very long time, popular entertainment programs lacked even the basic level of representation.
Read MoreIn honor of Black History Month, it’s important to highlight individuals whose contributions to society have a generational impact. Ida B. Wells is such an individual. She was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the American civil rights movement until her death on March 25, 1931. It was through her courageous fight for justice for African Americans in the face of harm that she helped make lasting change.
Read MoreThis year, celebrate Black History Month by taking a virtual tour of its founding location, a YMCA in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. Tours of this historical Chicago landmark are being organized by The Renaissance Collaborative, a Bronzeville social impact organization through their Living Landmark Friendraiser.
Read MoreChicago is Black American History.
In the city’s early days, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, an African and French settler, started trading here in the 1780s. Historians now credit Du Sable with founding the city as well as fugitive slaves and freemen for developing the city’s first Black community.
Read MoreThe fruits of life we consume
have many hidden roots.
History does not only exist
on the surface but beneath
buried In our memories.
Read MoreCHICAGO - Austin native Keli Stewart welcomed guests into her West Side home in celebration of the late novelist Toni Morrison’s 89th birthday in recognition of Black History Month.
Read MoreThe past, present and future converged during a night of Afrofuturistic celebration.
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