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CRR19 co-director Franklin Cosey-Gay finds the project’s three newest markers, installed in July in the Loop, especially meaningful. On Saturday, he and co-director Peter Cole led a walking tour to ...

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, arrives to meet with fellow Republicans behind closed doors to discuss proposals on ending the government shutdown, at the ...

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project has spent years installing memorials throughout the city to honor those ...

MACOMB, IL - - The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project (CRR19) is excited to host its first ever historic walking tour in Chicago's Loop from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. Peter ...

Visit Loomis Boulevard just off 49th Street in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood today, and you'll find a mural honoring Chicago police officers and firefighters painted on a concrete ...

LONGVIEW, Texas — A state marker that remembers one of the darkest chapters in Longview’s history now has a home outside the Gregg County Courthouse. The Texas Historical Commission marker for the ...

The Texas Historical Commission marker for the 1919 race riot was unveiled this past week during a public ceremony. Court Deals Blow to Trump Officials Over Veterans’ Cases Watch a senior golden ...

On the morning of Jan. 7, Jesús Ramírez and other day laborers huddled in a Home Depot parking lot in Bakersfield, California, hoping for work. Suddenly, they were surrounded by U.S. Homeland Security ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) – East Texans gathered near Gregg County Courthouse in Longview on Thursday to unveil a historical marker remembering a dark moment in the city’s past.