Governor Quinn Addresses Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce Annual Convention
 Signs New Law to Boost Small and Minority-Owned Businesses in Illinois  PEORIA , IL – Governor Pat Quinn...
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NAACP calls for housing finance policies that increase homeownership; applauds President Obama for not endorsing the Corker-Warner legislation
Statement By Hilary O. Shelton Senior Vice President for Advocacy for the NAACP  WASHINGTON, IL -The NAACP strongly believes that...
State Senator Collins’ tenant protections signed into law
CHICAGO, IL — In a ceremony at the home of a neighborhood advocate, legislation Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago...
Madigan: Illinois receives over $2 billion in relief from National Foreclosure Settlement
 Settlement Funding Supports Direct Homeowner Relief, Awards for Foreclosure Prevention and Community Revitalization Programs  CHICAGO, IL — Illinois...
National Black Church Initiative, Area Pastors to hold News Conference urging Congregations to Join March on Washington
The National Black Church Initiative in Washington, DC and area pastors will hold a press conference today to promote the...
Wheeling Residents Will March To Village President, Delivering A Lettering Pleading To Stay and Not Be Displaced
WHEELING, IL – Father Jose Landaverde of Our Lady of Guadalupe Anglican Mission and trailer home residents spearheaded a fast...
Detroit Ethnic Media Tell Different Story — Immigrants Key to Revival
 New America Media by Anthony Advincula  NEW YORK -- Since Detroit filed for the largest municipal bankruptcy in...
Emergency protest against chemical weapons in Syria this Saturday
President Obama's red line has been crossed yet again; more than 1,400 civilians have fallen victim to the Assad regime's...
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. returns to Washington, D.C. to celebrate the 50th Anniversary March For Jobs and Freedom
Honorable Congressman John Lewis will join members, such as Jonathan A. Mason, Sr. and Reverend Al Sharpton, of his Phi...
Making History… Again
 By Benjamin Todd Jealous President/CEO of the NAACP Remember the March on Washington? August 28, 1963. Tens of thousands...
