A Chapter in Chicago

History is constantly changing and being affected by what was before it. This is true in Chicago as it's the third largest city in America and has a history of bigotry and segregation. Over several weeks, I learned about this history of the city and understanding on how it makes the present. Through my class, Equality, I saw Chicago through the politics of gender, race, and class. We also went to see "Harriet Tubman" in the Geneskile film center. It's a film about the hardships of slavery and an american icon. We read "The Case for Reparations", a document by Coates T. that depicts the suffering of black lives since the 1900s and how that continues to this day. Finally, we watched the play "Roe" in the Goodman theatre. A non-bias story that depicts the controversial topic of abortions and the nuance perspective of each historical figure.

What my class did for an assignment was to write on a piece in history and to interview a minority who saw that experience first hand. For myself, I focused on Lori Lightfoot and her significance as mayor. The struggle I went through for the assignment was finding the interviewee and asking the appropriate question at the end of the assignment. I enjoy the design of the project as I tried to make it resemble the Pride Flag.