Home IN MEMORIAM: Timuel Black; Civil Rights Leader and Chicago Historian Timuel Black spent decades working as an activist and educator on Chicago’s South Side, impacting the lives of countless people. He is pictured in 2014 standing near his Hyde Park home. He passed away in October 2021 at the age of 102. Photo credit: Robert Kozloff

Timuel Black spent decades working as an activist and educator on Chicago’s South Side, impacting the lives of countless people. He is pictured in 2014 standing near his Hyde Park home. He passed away in October 2021 at the age of 102. Photo credit: Robert Kozloff

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