Black History Month is 100. Can its Bronzeville birthplace outlast the age of Trump?

The history of Black History Month began 100 years ago, in the old YMCA building on South Wabash, a wide-shouldered block of pale red brick erected in 1913.

The landmark building was rescued from demolition and badly needs restoration. It's not a relic, its owners say, it's real, living history you can touch. Black History Month is 100. Can its Bronzeville birthplace outlast the age of Trump? The landmark building was rescued from demolition and badly needs restoration. It's not a relic, its owners say, it's real, living history you can touch. Read Story Related articles: The Chicago Symphony is the world's busiest orchestra — how that's counted and what that means Architecture and Design Film Festival opens with climate change as the subtext © Copyright 2026 Chicago Tribune. All rights reserved. 1000 Albion Avenue  | Schaumburg, IL 60193-4549 Unsubscribe   Popular posts from this blog La Grange restaurant expansion turns into reality series December 22, 2024 Owners of Wooden Paddle restaurant in Lemont are documenting the rigors of expanding into a new La Grange location in YouTube videos. A restaurant expansion in La Grange turns into a reality series For the past six months, Brianna and Jonathan Cowans have documented all the drama that goes into opening a new restaurant on their YouTube reality series. Read Story © Copyright 2024 Chicago Tribune. All rights reserved. 1000 Albion Avenue | Schaumburg, IL 60193-4549 Unsubscribe Read more The Morning: Your best advice of 2024 December 28, 2024 Readers of The Morning share wisdom for the coming year. View in browser | nytimes.com December 28, 2024 By Melissa Kirsch Good morning. As we close out this year and look ahead to the new one, here's the best advice that readers of The Morning received this year. María Jesús Contreras Good advice The piece of wisdom I repeated the most this year came from a reader of The Morning who answered my call for advice last December: "We are all juggling so many balls. Differentiate between glass balls and rubber balls — and don't be afraid to drop the rubber balls." Everyone with whom I shared this little gem seemed to find it useful (or maybe they were humoring me?). I'm not sure why this particular advice stuck with me — really, it's just saying "learn to prioritize," a colorful riff on "don't sweat the small stuff." For whatever reason, picturing the messy, ungovernable realm of worries and to-dos as rubber and glass balls helped me think... Read more Evening Briefing: Mask change sets off confusion May 14, 2021 Plus Israel steps up attacks on Gaza and a modern George Washington. View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story May 14, 2021 Your Friday Evening Briefing By Remy Tumin and David Poller Good evening. Here's the latest. Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times 1. An abrupt change on mask guidance has set off a confusing scramble in states and cities . In Minnesota, the statewide mask mandate is over. But in Minneapolis, the state's largest city, face coverings are still required. In Michigan, Kentucky and Oregon, governors said fully vaccinated people would be able to go out maskless. But in New York, New Jersey and California, mask mandates remained in force for everyone, at least for now. The new C.D.C. guidance, which clears the way for people in the U.S. who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus to stop wearing masks in most situations , came as a surprise to many public health and state officials, who said they needed time to evaluate the... Read more Powered by Blogger Theme images by Michael Elkan Enad Hazeem Visit profile Archive February 2026178 January 2026353 December 2025354 November 2025336 October 2025348 September 2025319 August 2025294 July 2025302 June 2025308 May 2025302 April 2025297 March 2025308 February 2025287 January 2025326 December 2024338 November 2024420 October 2024367 September 2024390 August 2024400 July 2024410 June 2024374 May 2024397 April 2024375 March 2024423 February 2024406 January 2024461 December 2023452 November 2023486 October 2023524 September 2023462 August 2023497 July 2023480 June 2023485 May 2023496 April 2023524 March 2023608 February 2023481 January 2023537 December 2022510 November 2022494 October 2022521 September 2022519 August 2022507 July 2022454 June 2022479 May 2022421 April 2022412 March 2022461 February 2022444 January 2022444 December 2021424 November 2021437 October 2021482 September 2021414 August 2021457 July 2021441 June 2021450 May 2021379 April 2021414 March 2021422 February 2021364 January 2021415 December 2020374 November 2020336 October 2020384 September 2020318 August 2020407 Show more Show less Report Abuse