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“As you walk and drive around Bronzeville, Harold’s works are everywhere,” author Nathan Thompson said. “Harold was one of the freedom fighters,” Rev. Jesse Jackson said.

Milwaukee was home to a number of Black-owned newspapers in the 1950s and ‘60s with the Star leading the way.

The initiative will launch in 14 libraries across the city in mid-January and expand to 27 total branches later in 2022, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health.