“I'm a huge fan of Chicago sports and Chicago food, and I love going home and my family is still there. I guess it's pretty easy to have a normal life in Chicago.” StillsHomeEasySportsFansHugeNormalMy FamilyChicagoNormal LifeGoing Home Author:Matt Walsh
“I didn't miss any games, but Coach Knight came out and spent three days with my family in Chicago when my dad passed away. I came back and played and it was good therapy for me. Having a basketball family and a coach who understood and actually became like a father figure for that time was comforting to me, and I'm sure that will be comforting to Coleman.” ThreeFatherGamesMissingFiguresDadComfortBasketballUnderstoodMy FamilyMy DadCoachesTherapyChicagoComfortingKnightsPassed AwayFather FigureDad Passed Away Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“Every year, my family and I would go visit my moms family in Texas. We would drive from Chicago to Texas, and once we started to get towards San Antonio, everyone looked like me! It was such a great feeling. Everyone had the same brown skin that I did.” YearsFeelingsMomMy FamilySkinsMy MomLike MeBrownTexasChicagoGreat FeelingsAntonioSan AntonioBrown Skin Author:Marisol Nichols
“I was talking to my grandpa last Thanksgiving. He pulled me aside and was like, "This Thanksgiving is the 150th for the Vaughn family in Chicago." I was like, "Cool, whatever," but I think when you have a culture like that, you should have a real appreciation for it. My family's been there forever and I don't want to leave.” ThinkingWantShouldRealLastsCultureTalkingForeverMy FamilyShould HaveAppreciationChicagoGrandpa Author:Patrick Stump
“There were a lot of times in the Cleveland and Chicago organizations when I did something, they wanted to make sure the camera was there. I really didn't want that. This isn't something my parents told me to do. Or something my family told me to do. Or do things for publicity. I do this on my own. I do this from my heart.” WantHeartWantedParentMy OwnMy HeartMy FamilyOrganizationCamerasChicagoPublicityCleveland Author:Albert Belle
“I don't think my grandmother would ever be convinced, but my family was convinced that I was convinced, and actually, they came around. My mother ended up going to fundraisers in Chicago that were raising money to send to the students in the South and actually, over years, she went to an elevated train bus station one day at 6:00 a.m. to hand out leaflets protesting the war.” ThinkingYearsWarHandsMotherStudentsOne DayMy FamilyTrainSouthConvincedGrandmotherStationsChicagoBusMy GrandmotherFundraiserRaising Money Author:Diane Nash
“[Crack epidemic] definitely has impacted folks in my family, most definitely. I think that's true for most, if not all people, regardless of color, that grew up in and around areas that were closer to the nucleus of the crack epidemic.If you look at Baltimore or D.C., Detroit, Chicago, Oakland, like, Los Angeles.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksColorGrewGrew UpAreasMy FamilyFolksLos AngelesCracksChicagoDetroitEpidemicsBaltimoreNucleusOakland Author:Mahershala Ali
“I thought, oh, I'm going to be a painter. And eventually my family had moved near Chicago, and when I graduated from high school, I went to the Chicago Art Institute, and it was there that I thought, well, now I'm going to be a painter.” WellsArtSchoolHigh SchoolMy FamilyMovedPainterChicagoInstitute Author:Warren MacKenzie
“My family moved a lot as a kid. We started in Colorado, where I lived for five years. We moved to Chicago for two years, to San Francisco for one year, Connecticut for seven, Oregon for a couple years, and then I went to school.” YearsTwoKidsSchoolFiveCoupleMy FamilyMovedSevenFive YearsTwo YearsChicagoSan FranciscoColoradoOregonConnecticut Author:Gus Van Sant