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Top officials with the Chicago water department expressed concerns about putting a statue of labor activist Mother Jones at Jane Byrne Park, internal city emails show. Several officials received an email last December from Rosemary Feurer, a Northern Illinois University professor who has been a leading advocate for the Mother Jones statue, about having a news conference at the site between ...

A public art project, started by a Western Illinois University History professor to commemorate the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, has received a $200,000 grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Chicago Monuments Project.

This funding, the Mellon Foundation's largest grant ever, will enable the creation of eight new monuments.

Several other monuments, including those that negatively depict Native Americans, are also recommended for removal in the new report.

The DePaulia Jackson Healy, Staff Writer|June 6, 2021 Whether they’re made of bronze or marble, apparently not all of Chicago’s monuments are set in stone. On July 17, 2020, amid a nationwide racial reckoning triggered by the murder of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, a violent clash between police and protesters broke out after the protesters attempted to topple the city’s statue of Christopher Columbus in Grant Park, resulting in 12 arrests and at least 18 injured officers. One week later, the statue was “temporarily” removed at Mayor Lori Lightfoot...