Best collective carrying the torch of the Black Panther Party

#LetUsBreathe Collective

Born out of a desire to support Ferguson protesters, the #LetUsBreathe Collective launched the protest occupation Freedom Square and held annual Juneteenth celebrations, in addition to open mics and teach-ins. The collective, which is composed of artists and organizers, opened the #BreathingRoom in 2017, the first freestanding Black-led liberation space since the Black Panthers, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. (Kerry Cardoza)

Best of Chicago 2019

Best of Chicago 2020: Best Example of Black Rage Defeating Black Liberalism The protests of this summer did not occur solely in Chicago. But to witness the eclipse of Black liberalism by Black rage in a city that has cradled both extremes was remarkable.
Today in the Culture, April 13, 2021 | More Drive-In Movies | No Block Party | Fred Hampton Legacy DESIGN Neil Steinberg on Columns of Columbus Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg ponders certain civic statuary: "[C]ertain vocal Chicago Italian Americans are so busy slurring themselves. Waving some half-century-old agreement with the city and demanding their lost Columbus statue be put back in its place of honor. Times don’t change, they insist. Wanna bet? Columbus was once a hero. We named things for him.…
Best of Chicago 2020: Best "We See You" of Black Chi This is not a comprehensive, tell-all Best of Chicago guide to Black Chicago. It is only a beginning. We would’ve loved to do more. (And we will.)
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Seven Poems by Chicago Poets: Britteney Black Rose Kapri my son is a name no one knows
Best of Chicago 2020: Best Version of How White City Became Black Space Jackson Park’s six-hundred acres are a succession of episodes unfolding along a North-South axis, along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

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