A spate of protests against police violence toward African-Americans is a chilling reminder that the circumstances surrounding the death of Sandra Bland a year ago this week continues today, a local ...

Growing up in a middle-class community doesn’t shield a young person from racial conflict. That’s the view of some members of DuPage African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lisle, which has been thrust ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday for a prayer walk at the Chicago-area church of a suburban woman found hanging to death in a Texas jail cell. DuPage AME in Lisle, Ill., held the walk in honor of ...

In 1990, the first DuPage County Martin Luther King Jr. celebration was observed at the Second Baptist Church in Wheaton. "It resulted from a conversation with a guest minister who was in town for a ...

Leaders & Legacies: Stories of Local Impact is an ongoing series brought to you in partnership with the Daily Herald and DuPage Foundation. It highlights the inspiring stories of local individuals, ...

In 1994, the then president of Benedictine University, a private Roman Catholic university in Lisle, Illinois, Dr. William J. Carroll organized the first of what would become a yearly celebration of ...