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Chicago Civil Rights

Chicago Echoes: The Spy who Loved Jazz

  • Chicago Jazz History
  • May 14, 2012
Stroll past 520 S. Michigan Avenue and you could be forgiven for ignoring the hotel there. The 11-year-old picket out front inspires most of us to...
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Life as the wife of a civil rights leader

  • Jacqueline Jackson
  • April 23, 2012
Jacqueline Jackson, wife of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, says she has had three defining moments in her life.One came in 2000 when she was arrested...
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Will Fundamentalist Christian values be forced upon non-christian women in OK?

We all need to be outraged at what’s happening to the civil rights of women in the US. Just a few years ago we all saw how the TSA was...
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Chicago Latinos celebrate Easter with immigration marches

Chicago Latinos will celebrate Easter with immigration marches down Michigan Avenue tomorrow. “Easter shows the promise of Jesus. The promise...
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling 'strips' privacy rights - even for traffic violations

April 2, 2012 On Monday, theU.S. Supreme Court ruled that jailers may subject Americans who are arrested for minor offenses to invasive strip...
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Chicago mourns for human rights leader Rev. Addie Wyatt

  • Rev Addie Wyatt
  • March 30, 2012
March 30th, 2012 - Rev. Addie Wyatt passed away Wednesday at Advocate Trinity Hospital. She was 88 years old. The Rev. Wyatt was a known activist...
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Chicago Latinos push for Affirmative Action in Police Dept.

Latino civil rights groups met with the Chicago Police Department on Friday to discuss the lack of minority hires in the department. Over 70...
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The teen parent who made civil rights history

By official proclamation February 2012 is National African American History Month. "Black Women in American Culture and History" is this...
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Civil rights lost when blacks labeled felons says lawyer’s new Jim Crow book

Denied the right to vote. Forbidden to serve on a jury. Discriminated against in every job application regardless of the statement that the...
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North Park's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. chapel service challenges students

North Park University known in part for its passionate involvement in social justice issues commemorated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a...
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