Evanston was the state’s largest Black suburb, and 95% of the city’s Black population lived in the 5th Ward. The concentration of Black residents in that neighborhood, however, was no accident.

These efforts show how working locally to grapple with the complexity of land-based reparations is a necessary and feasible ...

Residents who have either lived in or been a direct descendant of a black person who lived in Evanston between 1919 to 1969 and who suffered discrimination in housing because of city ordinances ...

The Daily: Should the city of Evanston rezone certain neighborhoods to construct more ... and direct cash payments to some of the city’s Black residents? Sue: Absolutely. Evanston has a really ...

The first-of-its-kind reparations initiative is meant to address the historic housing injustice that Black Evanston residents once faced. CHICAGO (CN) — Six people filed a federal class action against ...

Leilani Garrett Leilani Garrett lives in southeast Evanston and retired from a career in technology sales. She also found ...

During that same period, banks in Evanston, as in other U.S. cities, also refused to give Black residents mortgages, credit or insurance for homes in white neighborhoods. “I always said you can ...