Hidden in the walls of Thornton Distilling Co. in the Chicago suburb of Thornton, Illinois, workers recently found a shocking ...

The Department of History will host a lecture by Nora Krinitsky, a postdoctoral fellow in African-American studies. Her lecture, titled “Race, Crime and the Color Line in Prohibition-Era Chicago,” ...

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CHICAGO (CNN) -- The last time Prohibition came to Chicago, Al Capone and his gangland wars came with it. Now, fed up with crime and decay, some Windy City communities are going dry again. CNN's Patty ...