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In commemorating our forebears during Black History Month, we recognize those who fought for workers’ rights and understood that economic justice does not exist without racial justice. Black workers have always been more than “allies” in labor movements — they were, and are, on the front lines.

As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my colleagues cautioned me not to “fall in love.”

Charles Lindbergh casts a shadow over Peter Shinkle’s new book, which ends with a warning about Trump and his party

“Despite Jim Crow and the challenges that Black people faced, people who worked on the railroad had an opportunity to build a better life,” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said during an event at the Pullman National Monument and State Historic Site.