While Till's accused killers, Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam, were acquitted by an all-white jury, the two later admitted to Till ...

Seventy years after the racist murder of Chicago teen Emmett Till in Mississippi helped inspire the civil rights movement, a ...

In his new book, Afro Sheen, the legendary founder of the Johnson Products Company chronicles his creation of a business empire that spanned the Jim Crow era, the Civil Rights movement and the rise of ...

Illinois’ Gov. JB Pritzker can lead in an effort to develop state responses to counteract or disrupt Donald Trump.

Parker sat down with 12 News Gerron Jordan to discuss the murder that sparked the Civil Rights Movement. Two men kidnapped, tortured and lynched Till in Drew, Mississippi. Till was visiting ...

Carrying signs with slogans including “FIGHT IGNORANCE NOT IMMIGRATION,” a crowd of more than 150 people gathered in West ...

A complex drama about a fictional Illinois-based Black American political family and the Civil Rights movement, “Purpose” returns Jacobs-Jenkins to Broadway after winning three Tony Awards in 2023 ...

Last week, an attempted federal funding pause caused panic and confusion for people with disabilities and the services that ...

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara was hired the year following the protests in 2022. O’Hara focused on changing the ...

Civil rights activist Ida B. Wells will be featured on newly minted U.S. quarters. Historian Raffi Andonian joins Jenye Donaldson to share Wells' story.

While historical tensions have been acknowledged, a shared solidarity and activism highlighted the relationship between ...

Illinois is celebrating its rich history of Black Americans' contributions to the labor movement, including the creation of the first Black union in 100 years.