There are few Chicago historical figures whose life and work speak to the current moment more than Ida B. Wells, the 19th century investigative journalist, civil rights leader, and passionate suffragi...
http://www.tonybrownsjournal.com/ TBJ #3017 -- “BLACKS DIVIDED” -- Dr. Carol Swain, a professor of Political Science and Law at Vanderbilt University and author of Debating Immigra...
The crack epidemic in the United States was a surge of crack cocaine use in major cities across the United States between the early 1980s and the early 1990s. This resulted in a number of social co...
For three decades, the film canisters sat undisturbed in a cellar beneath the Swedish National Broadcasting Company. Inside was roll after roll of startlingly fresh and candid 16mm footage shot in ...
This video explores the era of Reconstruction (1863-1877). After the divisive, destructive Civil War, Abraham Lincoln had a plan to reconcile the country and make it whole again. Then he got shot, ...
The Negro middle class, torn between white goals and black needs...Examined by William Greaves and William Branch in a 90-minute NET Produced episode and enlists the narrating talents of outstandin...