The names Minneapolis lost when the streets were renamed for presidents
If Presidents Day gives you the sudden urge to walk up and down streets named for the nation’s chief executive, you’re in luck. Minneapolis abounds with venues for strolling and contemplating the ...
‘Signs of the Times’ markers map out Harlem’s rich Black history
Luminaries from the Harlem Renaissance and beyond are celebrated and memorialized in 25 commemorative plaques that now bear ...
Today in Chicago History: ‘I’m glad it was me instead of you.’ Mayor Anton Cermak shot.
Once at the hospital, Cermak reportedly uttered the line that is engraved on his tomb. Speaking to FDR, Cermak allegedly said ...
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Infamy of Chicago's St. Valentine's Day Massacre reverberates nearly 100 years later
On this day in Chicago history, an infamous event unfolded on North Side that's reverberated for almost a century and has become an inextricable part of the city's identity to this day.
Chatham kids were just being kids as society created wedges, Chicago's Next Voices columnist writes
Between 1959 and 1963, an elementary school class in West Chatham went from majority white to majority Black, and Next Voices ...