Race in Chicago

Personal accounts of racism and microaggressions, as well as the spoken names of those who died in racially motivated killings.

Two months after opening a carry-out restaurant in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, businessman Jermaine Jordan said he is serving anywhere from 800 to 900 free hot meals every day.

In today’s edition of our “Race in Chicago” series, NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski shares the story of a group of former Chicago firefighters, who are working to improve things for future generations by discussing the racism that they faced over the years.

A Latinx community shares how music is used to bring people together amid racism in both the U.S. and Latin America. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

In June, in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, NBC 5 began moderating virtual conversations with panelists to discuss race in Chicago and how Chicagoans can work together to make real change. These discussions were so engaging and so powerful, we kept doing them — and will continue to do so! Listen to past conversations below! Panelists...

In today’s edition of our “Race in Chicago” series, Alex Maragos explains how there has been progress made in terms of housing equality for Black Chicagoans, but there is still plenty of work to be done both in the city, and nationally.

In tonight’s installment of our “Race in Chicago” series, a couple spent an entire year buying products and services from Black-owned companies, but faced a lot of unexpected hurdles in doing so. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter has more.

In today’s edition of “Race in Chicago,” NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter examines the divide that limits the access of minority communities to mental health care.

If there was one thing in life former Chicago Mayor Harold Washington loved, it was being mayor. “We’re number one, we’re number one, one, one,” he grinned and chanted with a female group of Chicago Bears fans during the team’s run to the 1986 Super Bowl title. Washington relished moments of levity, even in the midst of a titanic...

Members of the LGBTQ community shared their experiences with discrimination in light of Federal Bureau of Investigation data, which put race and sexual orientation as the top motivators for hate crimes. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

George Floyd’s tragic interaction with police has demonstrated the importance of a conversation that happens in many Black homes. In today’s edition of “Race in Chicago,” NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the story of a conversation simply known as “the talk.”