Black Lives and a River Road
Tracing water, memory and change through Black experiences along and near Route 65.
The Best of Belt Magazine 2019
Announcing a new anthology of regional writing, available exclusively to Belt members.
At the Lake County Fair
The fair connects communities that often seem worlds apart socially and politically, but are intimately linked by economics and geography.
“On Strike for Better Schools”
Photos from the Chicago Teachers Union strike.
The Potential of Public Art
The work of public memory is not only about the past, but about a shared vision for the future.
Call for Submissions: Black Midwest Anthology
Announcing an anthology of stories about the Black Midwest to be published by Belt Publishing.
How to Integrate a Chicago Neighborhood
In three (not so) easy steps.
Commemorating Chicago’s Red Summer of 1919
Photos of key sites and commemorative events on the 100th anniversary of Eugene Williams's murder.
The Rippling Effect of Baron Walker
In 2015, a study found Milwaukee's 53206 ZIP code imprisoned sixty-two percent of Black men under the age of thirty-four. Baron Walker was one of them.
2014
"Yes, I have been here before / On the threshold of justice’s door / Half a century ago / In Selma, Oxford, / And Birmingham." [From "The St. Louis Anthology"]
Traveling While Black
Learning the racial geography of Indiana as a young Black girl in the 1980s.
The Future of Chicago is the Future of Us All
On history, the mayoral election, and the work of black women.