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Oct 3, 2020 · The West Virginian. A mob of white men stone and beat a Black victim outside a home in Chicago during the 1919 race riot. During the Red Summer of 1919, racial tensions boiled over in Chicago. It all started on July 27, 1919, when Chicagoans flocked to the beaches of Lake Michigan to swim.
May 6, 2021 · Warren Skalski/The Washington Post via Getty Images. There is a 30-year gap in the life expectancies of Black and white Chicagoans depending on their ZIP code. On average, residents of the ...
- Terry Gross
Feb 11, 2021 · Swinney said progress has also been made with the passage in the Illinois General Assembly of HB 2170, a bill designed to advance racial equity in education for students of color, English learners ...
Feb 17, 2022 · State of play: The practice of housing discrimination is outlawed, but a WBEZ report in 2020 showed that modern-day redlining is still happening in Chicago. There are 90% more Black Chicagoans nowadays in redlined communities compared to the surrounding area. Bigger picture: Chicago neighborhoods continue to be segregated as other American ...
- Justin Kaufmann
Oct 3, 2023 · Racist propaganda campaigns and anti-Semitic acts more than doubled last year in Illinois, according to a report released Tuesday by the Anti-Defamation League that details alarming examples of extremism across the state. The report, titled “Hate in the Prairie State,” provides a comprehensive list of radical forces targeting Illinois ...
- Tom Schuba
State of Racial Justice in Chicago reports attempt to step beyond the competing public narratives about Chicago to assess—in evidence-based, concrete terms—what the challenges and opportunities are for its residents today. Events, presentations, and reports produced in conjunction with this project provide accessible data and analysis on ...
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Apr 21, 2021 · Confronting a Legacy of Environmental Racism on Chicago’s Southeast Side. In 2020, residents, community groups and environmental organizations began fighting to keep known polluter General Iron from relocating from Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood to the Southeast Side. In May of 2021, former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot delayed the ...