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McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010), was a landmark [1] decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that found that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms", as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment and is thereby enforceable against the states.
1968 Chicago riots - One of the over 100 riots that erupted nationwide after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Most of the Chicago rioting occurred on the West Side and was the second deadliest (11 fatalities, versus 13 in the Washington D.C. riots) of the riots in the nation after King's death. 11 500 August 23–28, 1968 Political
A hub for Black communities. At the beginning of the 20th century, Piney Grove Cemetery was part of a thriving African American community. The earliest burials there date back to the 1800s and, of ...
Graceland Cemetery is a large historic garden cemetery located in the north side community area of Uptown, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Established in 1860, its main entrance is at the intersection of Clark Street and Irving Park Road.
Long before Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke shot and killed a black teenager, sparking a public outcry and now a Justice Department probe into the city’s troubled police department, he had established a track record as one of Chicago’s most complained-about cops. Since 2001, civilians have lodged 20 complaints against Van Dyke. None ...
Pilsen is a neighborhood made up of the residential sections of the Lower West Side community area of Chicago. It is recognized as one of the few neighborhoods in Chicago that still has buildings that survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. [2] Pilsen was formally founded in 1878 making the neighborhood a factor in the political and economic ...
The City of Chicago has made a decision to relocate around 1,200 graves to make room for a future runway at O'Hare International Airport. The project, which is part of a multi-billion makeover of ...
The cemetery and its parent company, NorthStar Cemetery Services of Florida, have faced similar complaints before. Eternal Light Memorial Garden settled a lawsuit for an undisclosed amount in 2019 ...