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On the West Side of Chicago, students do a series of claps standing opposite one another on Kenzie to honor gun violence victims in Lawndale, Chicago, and the rest of the U.S. (Video by Kalyn Belsha)
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Black families leave Chicago for where?
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Commentary: Despite years of evidence that it exacerbates violence, Chicago officials continue to ignore community concerns and plan to break up more schools in black neighborhoods. http://bit.ly/2MXsDek

Parents have warned about the risks of closing and consolidating schools for years, but officials continue with plans that jeopardize student safety.
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K. Kofi Moyo's photographs of civil unrest on Chicago's West Side in the year of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination and the 1968 Democratic National Convention will be exhibited by Co-Prosperity Sphere after an opening reception and talk with the artist tonight at 6 p.m. https://trib.in/2Mt4cZz

At 79, K. Kofi Moyo represents a generation of Chicago street photographers who worked through the Civil Rights Era, documenting its triumphs and failures. He spoke with the Tribune about his new retrospective, "Scenes of Resistance," a deeply personal, boots-on-the-ground look at 1968 Chicago.
chicagotribune.com