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The Interrupters is a 2011 documentary film, produced by Kartemquin Films, that tells the story of three violence interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. It examines a year in which Chicago drew national headlines for violence and murder that plagued the city.
De Priest was the first African-American to serve on the Chicago City Council, and he established the Peoples Movement Club to organize the black community politically. The Peoples Movement Club became "one of the best organized political groups" in Chicago's Black Metropolis neighborhood, and De Priest became the first African-American U.S ...
The film chronicles the story of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi in 1955. He was brutally murdered by two white men after an interaction with the white wife of one of them. [1] Emmett's mother, Mamie Till Bradley, insisted on a public funeral with an open casket.
11. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019). Who's in it: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold Rating: R Runtime: 121 minutes This heartfelt drama tells the story of Jimmie ...
Selling the Race: Culture, Community, and Black Chicago, 1940–1955. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226306410; Moore, D. "CineWiki - Regal Theater and African-American Exhibition in Chicago." CineWiki - Regal Theater and African-American Exhibition in Chicago, December 14, 2008. Web. April 23, 2013.
3. The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021). Cast: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund Rating: R This riveting biographical drama depicts how the iconic singer, Billie Holiday, got ...
CHICAGO — After serving 20 years in state prison for murder, former gangbanger Tyrone Muhammad never expected to return to the city’s tough South Side and find Venezuelan migrants and the ...
Riots and civil unrest in Chicago chronological order; Date Issue Event Deaths Injuries 1953 Racial, housing White residents of the Trumbull Park Homes rioted for weeks after a black family was moved into the project. More riots occurred after 10 more black families were moved in. 0 Unknown June 12–14, 1966 Ethnic