Black History and Housing

On a bitterly cold day in January 1966, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, moved into a dilapidated four-room cold water flat on Hamlin Street in the North Lawndale…

|February 28, 2024

Black History and Economic Vitality

Soul City was not the first and has not been the last planned Black community in the United States. Notable others include Tulsa’s Greenwood District (once known as America’s “Black Wall Street” and the site…

|February 28, 2024