CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.

The four-person Hall of Fame class was the smallest to be inducted since 2005 when Dan Marino, Steve Young, Benny Friedman, ...

“Jerod Mayo was clearly not given a lengthy enough opportunity.” A checkered history In 1921, a year after the NFL’s inaugural season, Fritz Pollard became the first Black head coach when he was hired ...

The Pro Football Hall of Fame opened its doors to four new members on Thursday: Cornerback Eric Allen, defensive end Jared ...

Rod Graves is the executive director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation (FPA). He joined the FPA after spending 37 years with the National Football ...

The NFL has tipped its hat off to Gayle Benson and other prominent women affiliated with the league this week in New Orleans.

His name is Frederick Douglas Pollard, but most folks call him Fritz. He comes from an extraordinary family who happens to be the first Black family to live in a Chicago neighborhood that we refer ...

Benson was recognized at the Fritz-Pollard Alliance Foundation annual Super Bowl Week luncheon on Thursday afternoon. The organization focuses on pushing the NFL forward in diversity, equity and ...