Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. encountered one of the angriest mobs of his lifetime not in the South, but in Chicago 60 years ago ...

Chicago officials and civil rights leaders will recreate Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic 1966 march through Marquette Park on Saturday. Why it matters: The Chicago Freedom Movement March was part of ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 5, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Flashback: Aug. 5, 1924 The first ...

The gang members were out in force. Scores of Blackstone Rangers, Vice Lords and Disciples massed on the city’s South Side, carrying baseball mitts. They understood the assignment. But this was no ...

A congregation on Chicago's Near West Side gathered over the weekend to commemorate 60 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke there. On July, 7, 1966, Dr. King held a community rally at First ...

A new documentary explores the uprising on the city's West Side following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. The Chicago Jazz Philharmonic is marking Black History Month with a ...