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By the time Wideman was born in the 1940s, Evanston was the state’s largest Black suburb, and 95% of the city’s Black population lived in the 5th Ward. The concentration of Black residents in ...
The predominantly Black Fifth Ward in Evanston, Ill. The Chicago suburb is preparing to pay reparations in the form of housing grants to Black residents who experienced housing discrimination.
Evanston’s 5th Ward Alderman and Reparations Sub Committee Chair Robin Rue Simmons joins Yahoo Finance’s Kristin Myers to discuss how the city is working to resolve racial inequality through a ...
Morton continued her long career of community service and public engagement when she agreed to serve as alderman of the Fifth Ward of Evanston, [11] an Evanston City Council position she held from 1982 to 1991. As a member of the Evanston City Council, she served in committees on Housing and Community Development, Police Services, Planning and ...
Rue Simmons was born and raised in the largely segregated [1] 5th Ward of Evanston, Illinois. From 2017 to 2021, Rue Simmons served as the alderman of the 5th Ward. As alderman, she led the passage of the United States' first government-funded reparations legislation.
The Evanston Reparations Committee was established by the City Council of Evanston, Illinois in 2019 as the first publicly funded reparation program for Black Americans. The first program approved for using the funds, cash payments for housing support, was passed by the city in March 2021.
Jun. 24—With a firm belief of the importance of giving back, Albert Lea resident Keith Van Beek filed for the 5th Ward City Council seat. With current 5th Ward Councilor Robert Rasmussen not ...
A West Branch Library served the residents of Evanston's majority Black Fifth Ward from 1971 to 1981. In March 2011, the Mighty Twig volunteer-run library opened at 900 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, "as an experiment by Evanston Public Library Friends in response to the closing of the South Branch."