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  Hard Hitting Pioneer Of “No Nonsense” Journalism Gwen Ifill Dies At The Age Of 61

  Black, Blog

  Gwen Ifill was the daughter of Caribbean immigrants and grew up during the tumultuous 1960s. Recollecting on that charged socio-political atmosphere she said, “I was very conscious of the world being this very crazed place that demanded explanation,” in a 2011 interview with the Archive of American Television.  She went on to become a member of the very exclusive club of mainstream journalism. Ifill worked at the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC and PBS. Beginning in 2013, she was […]

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  Farewell to the Ultimate Cool Gent, Herb Kent

  Black, Blog, Chicago, Radio Faces, Tom Weinberg

  Renowned giant of Chicago radio and larger than life personality Herb Kent died last Saturday, October 22, at the age of 88. Known as the “mayor of Bronzeville,” he grew up in the Ida B. Wells housing project and attended Hyde Park High School. Arguably, Kent‘s most influential position was from 1962 to 1970 at Chicago’s WVON. The station was and is an integral part of Chicago’s black community. Kent kept his thumb on the pulse of the community and was a […]

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  [Rainbow/PUSH tribute to MLK – Spike Lee press conference at Chicago Cultural Center]

  Bill Stamets, Black, Communities, Politics

  A Rainbow/PUSH Coalition event remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. featuring Jesse Jackson, followed by a press conference at the Chicago Cultural Center about a Spike Lee retrospective, featuring Lee and critic Gene Siskel.

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  [Louis Farrakhan / Ernest Withers]

  Bill Stamets, Black, Chicago, Communities, Politics

  Camera original footage shot by Bill Stamets. The first half of the tape is a speaking engagement by Louis Farrakhan at a church in Chicago. The second half features a gallery tour of an exhibition of civil rights photography by Ernest Withers, including an interview with Mamie Till about Withers’ impact on her son’s case.

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  [various Martin Luther King clips]

  Black, Communities

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  [See Side WGN Martin Luther King Clips #1]

  Black, Communities

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  [Misc Martin Luther King]

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  Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries

  Black, Chicago, Communities, Kartemquin Films

  A documentary produced by Kartemquin Films made to accompany the Spertus Institute of Judaica’s 1994 exhibition in which six African-American artists and six Jewish-American artists collaborated on a group show. This is the most recent version of the documentary centering on the artists and their ideas about the exhibition’s theme, which centers on the relationships between black and Jewish people in America.