The Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media at Columbia College presents a reception, screening and community discussion of the film, February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four. The film looks back at how four African-American college freshmen took a stand for justice by...
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By Lorraine Swanson, editor, Lake Effect News
For the generations of McKeevers, Browns, Clarks, Jenkins, Thurmans, Austins, Grays, Lewises, Joneses, Colliers and Bakers that grew up on the 4600 block of North Winthrop, most thought it was just a place where their folks wanted to live.
The sons and daughters of railroad porters, department store clerks...
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by Alan Livshin
August 14, 2008 – To live the American dream is hard enough for an American, but its even harder for Asian-Americans having to live up to American and Asian standards, especially cultural stereotypes.
Social pressures, caused by misleading representation in the media and classic stereotypes, are placed on the Asian community to perform...
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By Ebony L. McCline
ChicagoTalks first published a story about the Springfield race riots on Feb. 27, 2008. With the opening this month of the “Summer of Hate: A Modern Perspective of the Springfield Race Riot of 1908″ exhibit at the Bronzeville Visitor Information Center, we’re highlighting again this important historical issue. The special...
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