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(The Center Square) – A Black-owned concrete subcontractor tasked with the construction of the $830 million Obama Presidential Library in Chicago is suing the structural design firm overseeing ...
The Chicago Community Bond Fund is a non-profit bail fund that through donations from the public posts bail bonds for people who could otherwise not afford it. Starting from an informal effort to bail out several people who were arrested at a vigil for a Black man who had been killed by the Chicago Police, the fund saw a considerable increase in donations following the murder of George Floyd ...
Vi Senior Living is a high-end retirement community developer, owner, and management group based out of Chicago, Illinois, United States.Vi maintains 10 continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) in six states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, and South Carolina.
While most such newspapers in Illinois have been local, some like the Chicago-based Chicago Defender and Muhammad Speaks have had a major national circulation and impact. National Black newspaper networks, including the Defender syndicate and Associated Negro Press , have also been headquartered in Chicago.
The Chicago Aldermanic Black Caucus is a bloc of aldermen in the Chicago City Council, designed with the goal of "representing the needs and interests of Chicago's Black communities." [1] During the 2019–23 term, the caucus consists of 20 members, out of the council's 50 aldermen. [1] [2] As of June 2023, the chair of the caucus is Stephanie ...
The Black Metropolis–Bronzeville District is a historic African-American district in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the Douglas community area on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. The neighborhood encompasses the land between the Dan Ryan Expressway to the west, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to the east, 31st Street to the north, and ...
Although developed by the University of Chicago, they have been used by other universities in the Chicago area, as well as by the city and regional planners. [2] They have contributed to Chicago's reputation as the "city of neighborhoods", and are argued to break up an intimidating city into more manageable pieces. [2]
The partnership was seen as an opportunity to improve the clinical, teaching, and research capabilities at Provident. For the university, affiliation was seen as a way to provide care to Black patients in Chicago without integrating their clinics or building a new wing of the existing Billings Hospital. [4]