Jerry L. Pierson, 36, was accused of stealing merchandise from the Highland Meijer on Jan. 10 after his co-defendant lit several small fires as a diversion.
Many of the barriers erected by elected officials and civic leaders beginning in the 1930s to keep Black Chicagoans, Latino Chicagoans and White Chicagoans from living, working and playing in the same neighborhoods remain unchanged nearly a century later, according to a new study.