Shore|Lines exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in downtown Chicago looks at Black migration from the Gulf ...

These sections surround the city's compact downtown area – the Loop. For help navigating the city's various neighborhoods, sign up for one of the best Chicago ... a refuge for Black Americans ...

CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.

Between 1959 and 1963, an elementary school class in West Chatham went from majority white to majority Black, and Next Voices columnist A.J. Sanders witnessed history playing out.

1951: “St. Valentine’s Day Massacre II.” Sugar Ray Robinson won the middleweight championship from “Raging Bull” Jake LaMotta ...

The six tour guides of the Chicago Black Muslim History Tour stood up to ... gilded and beautifully white. It had wooden seating like pews in a church. The ritual prayer area, or Musulla, was ...

The big picture: Fifty cast members and writers from Second City have been hired at "SNL." Plus, a handful more did comedy ...

Lorraine Hansberry was a Chicago playwriting legend. Her father Carl was a real estate broker turned civil rights activist.

(WGN) — A south suburban chef is celebrating her one-year anniversary of opening the restaurant where she started her culinary career as a part of Chicago’s Black Restaurant Week, which kicked ...

There were 3,839 new units added to the downtown market in 2024. People relocating to Chicago for work also drives demand for downtown rentals, but employment in the metro area has trended ...

When spring training opens next week, former Chicago White Sox infielder Tim Anderson will be in camp with the Los Angeles Angels. He'll be trying to make the roster after being let go from the ...

"Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing," a song often called the Black national anthem ... We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter.