Black Events Platform Expands Nationally into Six of the Country’s Most Vibrant Culture Hubs 
EmpowerED Outreach Hosting Free Juneteenth Freedom Fest at Robert Smith Family Park in Fate, Texas 
Dayton Book Fair For Black Children 
Black Sorrority to Host Inaugural Lupus Walk in Pearland, Texas 
Black Teacher Helps Students Learn Math Through Music With New Album Release 
CTU to Mayor, Ally: Why are you Hosting Proponent of Trump-DeVos Education Privatization Plan for Puerto Rico?
Emanuel ally State Senator Iris Martinez to tour CPS charter with backer of what critics describe as nation’s most extreme...
NAACP Calls for Full Investigation and Transparency on Russian Involvement in Presidential Election
BALTIMORE— The NAACP issued the following statement in regards to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 13 Russian nationals for...
Madigan Urges Congress to Protect American Employees From Sexual Harassment
Coalition Calls on Congress to End Secret Arbitration for Sexual Harassment Claims CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined a...
NAACP Calls for Greater Advocacy against Gun Lobby and Politicians Who Support Them Latest School Mass Murder Should Be Enough to Change Gun Policy – but It’s Not
BALTIMORE—The NAACP issued the following statement today regarding the school shooting mass murder tragedy in Florida.“The mass murdering of students...
To My Brilliant Black Daughters, Nobody Can Take Away Your History
OpEd By ShaRhonda Knott-Dawson ShaRhonda Knott-Dawson To my beautiful, brilliant Black daughters: I have so many hopes and dreams for...
FBI Statement Response to the Shooting in Parkland, Florida
FBI Statement: On January 5, 2018, a person close to Nikolas Cruz contacted the FBI’s Public Access Line (PAL) tipline...
Communities Invited to Submit Projects for New $225 million IDOT Freight Program
Deadline for applications to improve goods, services mobility due April 6 SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois Department of Transportation is...
Another Black Mom Attacked by Police
20-Year Old Black Mom Brutally Attacked and Arrested by Undercover Police Officer Right In Front of Her Toddler Children Washington,...
Senator Collins: Governor’s Budget is a St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
“The governor steered us into a quagmire and has no roadmap to the other side.” SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois...
Madigan Joins Coalition Opposing Citizenship Question on 2020 Census
By Undermining Participation, Citizenship Question Would Directly Threaten States’ Fair Representation in Congress and Electoral College, and Billions in Federal...