Get out and enjoy the last bit of summer at Grayslake Summer Days, Naper Nights, Little Bear Ribfest in Vernon Hills, the Chicago Air and Water Show, the Wine and Art Walk at the Morton Arboretum, Ray Bradbury s Dandelion Wine Fine Arts Festival in Waukegan, Aurora Uke Fest and many more.
Signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in July, the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History Act made Illinois the first state to mandate Asian American history be taught in public schools. Following the passage of the bill, the Kitchen Table Stories Project teamed up with the Evanston History Center to create an archive of Asian, South.
From longtime traditions to new programs, Evanston offered residents many opportunities to celebrate and treat mothers, grandmothers and other loved ones this Mother’s Day. The Evanston History Center’s 47th Annual Mother’s Day House Walk-By provided an opportunity for families to learn something new while spending time outside together this weekend. EHC Executive Director Eden Juron.
In a Winona, Mississippi jail cell in the 1960s, a young Black woman sat for three days after an unsuccessful attempt at voter registration. Her name was Fannie Lou Hamer, and the 19th Amendment failed her. Johns Hopkins University Prof. Martha Jones, who addressed the Northwestern community Monday, explored how Black women such as Hamer.
Local historians Dino Robinson Jr. and Jenny Thompson won a national award Wednesday for their report on Evanston’s history of racial discrimination. The report, titled “Evanston Policies and Practices Directly Affecting the African American Community” serves as the legal basis for the city’s reparations initiative. The National Council on Public History, a professional membership organization.