DuSable Museum of African American History

Illinois Rep. Lashawn K. Ford on Friday proposed legislation to include the perspectives of marginalized communities in history classes at Illinois schools months after first calling for changes in statewide history curriculum. In February, the state lawmaker from Chicago’s West Side introduced House Bill 4954, which calls for history classes to incorporate lessons about the American civil rights renaissance in…

A new exhibit opening at Chicago’s DuSable Museum of African American History Friday is recreating the 1963 march on Washington D.C. using virtual reality. The experimental exhibit is coming to Chicago in hopes of placing participants right in the middle of all the action.  “The messages that happened that day resonates today just as loudly as they did then,”...

A new exhibit opening at the DuSable Museum of African American History Friday is recreating the 1963 march on Washington D.C. using virtual reality. NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter has the details.

Bank of America cardholders can enjoy nine local museums for free this weekend as part of the company’s Museums on Us program

The Chicago Police Department unveiled a new tool to target the city’s gun violence on Monday. NBC 5’s Susan Carlson reports.

The Chicago Police Department unveiled a new tool to target the city’s gun violence on Monday.

The Adler Planetarium and the DuSable Museum of African American History have teamed up to reveal the real stories behind the film “Hidden Figures.”

Father Michael Pfleger, the outspoken pastor at St. Sabina’s church in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, took to social media to condemn an event Gov. Bruce Rauner is hosting at the Dusable Museum of African American History next week. “Can’t understand why the DuSable Museum will allow Gov. Rauner to speak there on Monday,” Pfleger wrote on Facebook Friday. Pfleger...

Gov. Bruce Rauner cancelled a Juneteenth celebration he was set to host at the DuSable Museum of African American History Monday after facing criticism from leaders in the African-American community. “It is unfortunate that special interests politicized what was supposed to be a celebratory event,” a Rauner spokesperson said in an e-mail. “Out of an abundance of caution and respect…