Evanston residents gathered Friday afternoon to call for Mayor Steve Hagerty to defund the Evanston Police Department. A crowd that began at 3 p.m. as two dozen high school students gathered on the...

In the lead-up to the city’s virtual Juneteenth celebration, organizer Kemone Hendricks hosted pop-up shops outside black-owned businesses to raise funds for the event. Hendricks, the founder of Evanston...

Evanston Present and Future owner and founder Kemone Hendricks dreamed of seeing Evanston residents march through the streets in the city’s first Juneteenth parade. When the pandemic hit Evanston, Hendricks...

Evanston is holding its first Juneteenth parade this year, after residents including Hendricks pushed the city for an inclusive alternative to the Fourth of July parade. Alderman Robin Rue Simmons (5th)...

“No more shackles, no more chains, no more bondage, I am free.” Rounds of the gospel song “Freedom” filled the Fleetwood-Jourdain Community Center Tuesday during Evanston’s Juneteenth celebration....