Helen Shiller’s new autobiography details decades of political struggles in Uptown.
Tag: Black Panther Party
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A century of guaranteed income
The push to solve poverty through government-backed cash grants is nearly 100 years old.
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A rush to be first
A whopping 17 Democrats and four Republicans are vying to replace Bobby Rush, who is retiring.
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Fred Hampton is having a moment
If you’ve seen Judas and the Black Messiah, the multiple-award-winning film about the 1969 murder of Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton, you’ve got a picture in your head of the 4:30 AM raid in which a drugged and sleeping Hampton was killed by a barrage of police bullets. The raid was carried out […]
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Reasonable doubt
James Allen is serving three life sentences for murder. No one ever said he killed anyone.
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Revolution vs. reform: Judas and the Black Messiah
With knockout performances comes an examination of the need for revolutionaries when pushing for real change.
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The Blackivists on documenting movements
A group of Black archivists is helping communities create their own narratives, filling in what history books have left out.
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Mountains That Take Wing pays tribute to the women of radical U.S. history
This documentary about legendary activists Angela Davis and Yuri Kochiyama screens tomorrow night at Chicago Filmmakers.
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A Black Panther Party retrospective eerily recalls the present day
An exhibit at the Westside Center for Justice demonstrates how little things have changed when it comes to racism and the surveillance state.
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This black collective trains bystanders to give first aid to shooting victims
Amid rising violence, Ujimaa Medics seeks health care justice and self-determination for the black community.
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Elvis & Nixon gives Presley the upper hand, but it was the president all along
Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey star in this throwaway comedy about the King’s summit with Tricky Dick.
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Artist on Artist: Chaka Khan talks to Jake Austen of the Goblins
Chaka Khan talks to Jake Austen of the Goblins and Chic-a-Go-Go.
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“Resisterectomy,” “Lunch Drawings,” and the rest of your weekend in visual arts
Your guide to visual arts around the city this weekend.
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A small talk on big subjects with writer-director Katherine Nero
A short interview with the writer-director of For the Cause, which screens tonight in the Black Harvest Film Festival
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Leaving “Black” Behind
Ytasha Womack argues that African-American identity contains multitudes