ALTON - Alton has a long-standing Juneteenth Celebration tradition and the Juneteenth Committee is already in preparation for ...

The Illinois Family Roots Pilot Program, launched in June, is a $500,000 state-funded initiative that sponsors free DNA tests ...

Illinois has launched a statewide initiative aimed at helping African Americans recover their ancestral ties to Africa.

Black Americans in Illinois can submit a DNA sample to a university-based project trying to find their ancestral homes, ...

The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020.

Overcoming racism is a long-term struggle that requires understanding contexts, approaching the topic as a Christian ...

Black Chicagoans do not feel a drop in homicides and shootings — because violence remains in their neighborhoods.

The projects — 22 of them — are being led by some of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna to ...

Originally published on Prison Writers Jereme Clark describes the living conditions in the East Moline Correctional Center which he says has urine on the floors from leaky toilets, black mold ...

On her first outing with a running club, Bria Black got passed. A lot. “They were so sweet and so welcoming, but they were ...

A statue of a Confederate general that was toppled by protesters in Washington in 2020 will be restored and replaced this fall, in line with President Donald Trump’s ...

He will note he made Juneteenth an executive branch holiday for the first ... hosted a town hall in Iowa in May. The month before, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker headlined a Democratic fundraiser in New ...