Black History Month this year falls on the 60th anniversary of many crucial moments of the Civil Rights Movement that would ...

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Robert F. Smith (born 1962) grew up in a primarily Black, middle-class neighborhood in Denver, Colorado. His parents, who were both school principals with doctoral degrees, instilled in Smith deep ...

Through his great-grandniece, we meet the legendary founder and publisher of The Chicago Defender, Robert Sengstacke Abbott. What role did he play in the mass influx of African American migrants to ...

A family in Texas had a child welfare investigator arrive at their home due to a directive from Governor Greg Abbott stating that health care that is medically necessary for treating gender dysphoria ...

Tickets for this event are currently not available. Join WTTW, the Chicago Defender Charities and The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center for this in-person preview and discussion of ...

The Chicago Defender founded by Robert Sengstacke Abbott played a crucial role in encouraging Blacks to move north to Chicago. “He called it ‘the Promised Land,’” said Myiti Sengstacke-Rice, president ...

*Abbott completed the acquisition of CSI on April 27, 2023. For purposes of calculating organic sales growth, the impact from this acquired business has been excluded from January through April ...