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Inside Chicago's New Black Entrepreneurial Renaissance


Kathryn Finney.
In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book on the great American migration,
The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabella Wilkerson tells the story of Ida Mae Gladney, who uprooted her life from Mississippi to Chicago, drawn by the idea of economic mobility and safety that the Promised Land had to offer. In the early 20th century, Chicago offered opportunities for paying jobs and a growing Black middle class. Though the city was segregated and brutalized by policies redlining Black neighborhoods, it offered relief from the threat of lynching. Even in the face of economic and racial barriers, Ida Mae remained optimistic and built a life for herself and her family. ....

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Corporate America responds to the murder conviction of Derek Chauvin


USA TODAY
Corporate America, which almost universally declared in statements that Black lives matter in the wake of the death of George Floyd, called the conviction Tuesday of the officer who killed him a step forward but said much more was needed to achieve widespread justice.
A jury found Derek Chauvin, 45, guilty of second- and third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for the killing of Floyd last May. The murder, in which Chauvin knelt on Floyd s neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds, sparked protests across the U.S. and a broader social reckoning on police violence and systemic racism.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the verdicts were a step in the fight.     ....

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