February 13, 2019
(from left) Honored at a Feb. 7, 2019 unveiling of a new civil rights exhibit at the DuSable Museum of African American History were Timuel Black, a historian; Robert Starks, an educator and political consultant; James Montgomery, an attorney; Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition organization; Josie Childs, founder and president of the Harold Washington Legacy Committee; and the Rev. Clyde Brooks, former Chicago branch president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Photo by; Wendell Hutson
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Comcast honors civil rights activists with new exhibit
Comcast Corporation honored six, local civil rights activists with a new exhibit recently unveiled at the DuSable Museum of African American History on Chicago’s South Side. The exhibit, “Voices of the Civil Rights Movement,” is available online and features interviews from all six honorees discussing how they got involved with the civil rights movement, what contributions they made to help improve equality for blacks and the status of the black community as they see it today.