At the second annual Black Evanstonian History Makers Up Close event, Chloe Smith, a junior at Evanston Township High School and Gloria Bond Clunie, an award-winning playwright and the founder of the Fleetwood-Jourdain...
This story is part of a series of profiles of activist and community groups across Evanston.
In 1995, Dino Robinson — anxious to explore the city’s black history — picked apart local archives,...
This story is part of a series of profiles of activist and community groups across Evanston.
Nina Kavin’s computer is full of unpublished interviews.
She estimates there are currently 20 to 25...
The Evanston Preservation Commission passed a motion to support the designation of the former Foster School building as an Evanston landmark during a meeting last week.
The Foster School building, located...
Evanston residents gathered to celebrate the lives of black “history makers” at a meet and greet event held at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center on Monday.
The event, hosted by Fleetwood-Jourdain...
