The Chicago Reporter articles from July 2001

The Chicago Reporter archives from July 2001

Dismantling Lincoln 'Myths'.(Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream)(Brief Article)(Review)
July 1, 2001... Abraham Lincoln was a white supremacist who "wanted to deny Blacks equal rights because of their race and deport them to a tropical clime with people of their own color and kind," argues Lerone Bennett Jr., the executive editor of Ebony...

Fate of Black Defendants May Rest with Juror Backgrounds.
July 1, 2001... When a jury begins its deliberations, it relies on the testimony and the exhibits. But jurors also bring their racial and economic backgrounds into the jury room, experts said. And that can affect the outcome for black defendants in Cook...

Stereotypes Defied in Second Tolliver Trial.(jury selection in retrial of Jonathan Tolliver, African American charged with murder of white police officer)
July 1, 2001... Sam W. Shipp wasn't there. But he was apparently on the minds of attorneys when the jury was chosen for the second trial of Jonathan Tolliver, a 19-year-old African American charged with murdering white Chicago Police Officer Michael Ceriale....

Giving Voice to the Anonymous.(Lonnie G. Bunch is appointed president of the Chicago Historical Society)
July 1, 2001... At 48, Lonnie G. Bunch is making history. As the new president of the Chicago Historical Society, he is the first African American to head one of the city's major non-ethnic museums. But Bunch does not emphasize the historic...

Two Sides See Different Tolliver Trials.(trial of Jonathan Tolliver, African American charged with murder of police officer Michael Ceriale)
July 1, 2001... It was an incendiary combination. On one side, white supporters of slain Chicago Police Officer Michael Ceriale. On the other, black supporters and witnesses for Jonathan Tolliver, the African American teenager accused of killing him. ...

Reporter Taps New Talent.
July 1, 2001... Managing Editor Alysia Tate has been promoted to the newly created position of senior editor of The Chicago Reporter. Tate will take a primary role in directing the Reporter's investigative projects and setting editorial policy. Before she was...

Center Promises Help for Abused Children.(Chicago Children's Advocacy Center)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The approximately 3,000 Chicago children who are sexually abused each year will now get help at a new facility that pools resources from the Chicago Police Department, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, the Cook County...

VIBE Magazine.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The July issue of VIBE magazine introduces readers to "homo thugs"--young black and Latino men who don tough, hip-hop-style baggy clothing, work boots and flashy jewelry and. don't consider themselves gay even though they have sex with men....

AMagazine: Inside Asian America.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Asian American teenagers who transform cars imported from Asia into low-riding hot rods with gold rims and powerful sound systems are often racially profiled by police, write Hua Hsu and Diana H. Yoon in the June/July issue of aMagazine: Inside...

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Nonprofits will bow out of state contracts unless they can get more funding, writes Dan Schwick, director of Lutheran Advocacy Network, the public policy office of the Illinois branch of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Writing in...

The Dan Ryan Expressway.(creation of Partnership for South Side Community Development Credit Union in Chicago, Illinois)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... * About 500 South Side residents and community leaders, who say they are fed up with predatory lenders and currency exchanges charging exorbitant fees, are forming a nonprofit credit union. The Partnership for South Side Community Development...

"The Abuse of Police Authority: A National Study of Police Officers' Attitudes".(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... * Most black police officers believe their colleagues treat whites better than African Americans, according to "The Abuse of Police Authority: A National Study of Police Officers' Attitudes." Commissioned by the Washington, D.C.-based Police...

The National Newspaper Publishers Association.(creation of news service for African American newspapers)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... * An estimated 200 black newspapers nationwide enjoy a combined weekly circulation of 15 million. Still, they have never been linked by one news service--until now. The National Newspaper Publishers Association, a Washington, D.C.-based...

The Japanese Cultural Centers.(Obituary)
July 1, 2001... * Fumio Toyoda, 53, the man who popularized Aikido nationwide, died July 4. Toyoda founded two international Aikido organizations and the Japanese Cultural Centers in the Chicago area. Through Aikido, a flowing form of martial arts, Toyoda...