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Extra Extra: Cook County Still Has Country's Largest African-American Population

By Jon Graef in News on Jun 28, 2014 8:30PM

  • Cook County continues to have the largest African-American population in the country. [Sun-Times]
  • Students at Perspectives Charter School successfully raised over $35k to produce a youth documentary about combating gun violence. [DNAinfo]
  • A panel of lawmakers voted to subpoena the head of Gov. Quinn’s scandal-plagued anti-violence program. [Trib]
  • Curbed Chicago revisits the Chicago Spire saga. [Curbed Chicago]
  • Check out the Field Museum’s Tumblr. [Tumblr]

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