Chicago civil rights leaders and Illinois politicians reaffirmed their dedication to protecting education and immigrants ...

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and ...

Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin ...

During Martin Luther King Jr.'s years of public appearances, he visited S.C. 10 times between 1959 and 1967, favoring the ...

More than 1,400 attendees enjoyed the sold-out DuPage County “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King Jr. Unity breakfast on ...

Jan. 20 is a federally observed holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Over the weekend, communities across the city will host events and service opportunities to honor the civil ...

Chicago white racists were notorious for ... increased again in the 1950s and 1960s in opposition to the civil rights movement. In line with their founding ambitions, the Ku Klux Klan attacked ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Next Monday is also Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: a day to reflect on the contributions of the murdered civil rights leader. On Thursday, some kids at Whitney Young High School got ...

This column was adapted from the forthcoming “New Prize for These Eyes: The Rise of America’s Second Civil Rights Movement,” to be released on Jan. 14. As an author and journalist ...

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and ...