Letter to the editor: How historical injustice continues to displace Black Evanstonians – and what we can do (The Evanston RoundTable)
Roger Williams, Rezoning for a Better Evanston NFP, President & Treasurer
July 30, 2025
Evanston, a city often celebrated for its progressive ideals, is grappling with a silent, yet devastating, crisis: the accelerating decline of its Black population.
In the year 2000, Black people made up 22.5% of Evanston’s population, but by 2024 that had decreased to 14.8%. This isn’t a story of simple choice or changing preferences… [Read More]
New housing advocacy group founded to support city’s Black, middle income population through zoning reform (The Daily Northwestern)
Siddarth Sivaraman, Assistant City Editor
September 22, 2025
Rezoning for a Better Evanston, a new not-for-profit in the city, aims to increase homeownership opportunities for Black and middle income residents by legalizing multi-unit housing, co-founder Roger Williams said.
“We’re very much coming at this initially from the perspective of stopping the hemorrhaging of Black residents out of Evanston,” co-founder and 7th Ward resident Frank Hill said…. [Read More]
“When you see something that is not right, not just, not fair, you have a moral obligation to say something. To do something.”
John Lewis
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