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The Narratives of Robeson High School
WEBThe Lisagor award-winning project would not have been possible without you. By sharing your experiences at Robeson High School with us, we were able to put together an hour-long radio program tracing through Robeson's 40-year history, a special issue of South Side Weekly newspaper devoted to the stories you told us, and an archive.
Chicago Political News & Analysis | South Side Weekly
WEBAug 26, 2024 · The World Keeps Watching in Medium Cool. by Savannah Hugueley August 30, 2024. A 1969 movie filmed and set during the infamous ‘68 DNC was eerily prescient about the role of media in desensitizing us to violence.
Fifty Years of Fred Hampton’s Rainbow Coalition - South Side …
WEBSep 27, 2019 · C hicago-style coalition-building helped to produce the first Black mayor of Chicago and put its first Latinx representatives in office. Some even believe its legacy led to the election of the city’s first Black woman mayor. But unbeknownst to many, this form of organizing started in the streets fifty years ago with what was called the “Rainbow Coalition”: a progressive, fundamentally ...
Stadium Shenanigans – South Side Weekly
WEBby Malachi Hayes March 14, 2024. Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf wants to move the team from its current park (pictured) to a new location, and wants the public to fund the new stadium. Credit: Michael Digioia. Evan Beverly doesn’t identify as a serious baseball fan. But as a lifelong South Sider and longtime bartender in Woodlawn bars where the ...
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Op-Ed: How Undocumented Chicagoans Are Ensuring a True …
WEBFeb 23, 2021 · This victory towards making Chicago a true sanctuary was made possible by “inside/outside” organizing led by undocumented Chicagoans over the past five years. The inclusion of exceptions in our city’s sanctuary ordinance short-circuited our Constitution’s due process protections. The exceptions left unprotected individuals with ...
What Happened May 30?
WEBOn May 30, there were 494 arrests citywide, including for disorderly conduct (373), civil unrest (414), looting (28), and firearms (16). Eighty-five officers reported being injured on duty that day. And between May 29 and June 4 more than 250 complaints were filed against CPD with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
Documenting the Past – South Side Weekly
WEBIn 2014, the building caught on fire and was demolished. . Martin Gonzalez is a documenter of abandoned buildings around Chicago, fascinated by old places and imagining the moments of their past. This is his first piece for the Weekly. More of his photographs can be found on Flickr under the username Nitram242.
How the Chicago Freedom Movement Made Way for the Fair …
WEBMar 4, 2022 · The Chicago Freedom Movement was a coalition led by radical Black organizers in the 1960s who raised awareness and pressured city officials to address racist housing discrimination. The seeds of why and how the movement came about can be traced back to the Great Migration, in which some …