Chicago White Sox ACE program volunteer Paris Head helps pack pasta into a bag at a MLK Day of Service event at the Greater Chicago Food Depository in Archer Heights, Jan. 20, 2025.

Chicago plays a prominent role in any website, book or discussion of MLK streets and it will in Hardy’s film. This is because we were the first municipality to name a street in King’s honor.

TikTok historian Shermann Dilla Thomas leads a bus tour of Martin Luther King sites on the West Side of Chicago Jan. 13. To the right, a WTTW camera captures him for a later program, to the left ...

MLK Day 2023: Southside Stories features a performance by Civic Orchestra of Chicago, South Side Home Movie Project screenings, stories, artmaking and more. From 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 16 at Hyde ...

Things to Do in Chicago On MLK, Jr. Weekend. Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival Free Neighborhood Tour Various Neighborhoods. Friday, January 17 and Sunday, January 19 ...

When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped out of his car on Aug. 5, 1966, in his usual dark suit and polished shoes, he was met by a line of police and a mob of angry white people. His struggle ...

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago and beyond 01:37. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.On this national holiday marking Dr. King's birthday, CBS 2 honors his life ...

Chicago historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas discussed Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and complicated history in Chicago in his keynote speech Tuesday. Emma Richman , Reporter January 21, 2025 ...

Almost four years after his “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived at a tent-in demonstration in ...

Chicago basketball tournament promotes Dr. Martin Luther King's legacy 01:37. CHICAGO (CBS) – On Martin Luther King Day, the Chicago Peace Games were held with the aim of bringing together South ...

Today is the 50th anniversary of the day the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. established residency in Chicago. Joining us first is author Mary Lou Finley who was with the civil rights leader ...