1981: The J. Geils Band played the last concert at the Uptown Theatre in Chicago before it closed. Subscribe to the free ...

1971: The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced the formation of Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity, later changed to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The assistant curator for the Chicago History Museum's "City on Fire" exhibit said visitors will "get a sense of fleeing the fire itself." Chicago was the fastest-growing city in the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC7 Chicago celebrates Black History Month with vignettes, a series of news stories, programming and a half-hour special, "Our Chicago: History & Heritage." Hosted by ABC 7's Cheryl ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Bronzeville – the Black Metropolis – was the community where African Americans from the South lived and thrived in Chicago during the Great Migration. Now, an urban historian is going ...

In 2019, Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy students saw a need for more Latino representation at the museum. Their dream has been realized with “Aquí en Chicago," which opened Saturday. When ...

Families can discover unique firsthand accounts of the Great Chicago Fire at the museum’s City on Fire: Chicago 1871 exhibition and take home deeper understanding. Memories of the Chicago Fire in 1871 ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Seventy years after the racist murder of Chicago teen Emmett Till in Mississippi helped inspire the civil rights movement, a new exhibit on Emmett Till at the Chicago History Museum ...

It makes sense that the Chicago History Museum’s wide-ranging collection of all things Chicago would include textiles and apparel, but many people probably have no idea just how extensive its holdings ...

Up the winding staircase leading to the second floor of the Chicago History Museum, a time capsule of Chicago fashion history awaits visitors. The museum’s newest exhibition, “Dressed in History: A ...