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The Chicago Reporter

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Investigating race and poverty since 1972

Tag: Dr. Martin Luther King

Posted inPerspectives

Black Americans mostly left behind by progress since Dr. King’s death

by Sharon Austin January 24, 2020February 28, 2020

A minority politics scholar assesses black progress 52 years after MLK’s death based on poverty, jobs and wealth. ‘In some ways,’ she concludes, ‘we’ve barely budged as a people.’

Posted inRace and Culture

13 essential social justice-themed films of the 2010s

by Danielle A. Scruggs December 17, 2019January 16, 2020
Posted inPerspectives, Race and Culture

The forgotten history of segregated swimming pools and amusement parks

by Victoria W. Wolcott July 11, 2019July 11, 2019
Posted inPerspectives, Race and Culture

Martin Luther King Jr., women, and the possibility of growth

by Jeff Kelly Lowenstein January 18, 2019January 21, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

Why the Dan Ryan shutdown was not an act of civil disobedience

by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba and Monica Trinidad July 11, 2018
Posted inEconomic Development, Employment and Labor, Perspectives

Fifty years later, what the Kerner report tells us about race in Chicago today

by William Scarborough, Kasey Henricks and Amanda E. Lewis February 26, 2018February 26, 2018
Posted inMultimedia, Video

At 106, Englewood man is part of American history

by Caitlin Gerena and Stacey Rupolo November 17, 2015May 22, 2017
Posted inGovernment and Politics, Perspectives, Race and Culture

‘Selma’ puts importance of Black voting power on display

by Christopher Benson January 23, 2015February 10, 2015

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