The movement is a 24-hour economic blackout where consumers are not supposed to buy from corporations, avoid all nonessential ...

If the first civil rights movement was defined by three words—"We Shall Overcome"—then the second civil rights movement has ...

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

The idea of food as nourishment took on a whole new meaning during “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed ...

Miller Green fought against racial segregation in the south during the 1960s, helping set the stage for the Civil Rights Act that soon followed. Now living in the Chicago area, he recalled his time as ...

Diane Nash led the rides from Birmingham to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961. She organized the 1963 Birmingham Desegregation ...

Explore the rich cultural heritage of Chicago's South Side, from the Great Migration to its enduring impact on culture, music ...

A church-founded liberal arts college with a chaplain’s office was always going to be my choice for higher education. After ...

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition, died Jan. 10 at 76. His sister ...

Rosa Parks was an avid yoga practitioner. The way Parks took a stand for civil rights reflects many of the principles behind ...