Celebrity Red Carpet Correspondent Covers Carolina Soul Music Awards 
Dessert Food Truck Owner Launches 2026 Scholarship Program 
Lead Singer on Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience National Tour 
Hollywood Star Helps Launch National Self-Defense Movement for Women and Girls 
Woman Helping Veterans Transition into High-Impact Careers 
Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds announces initiative to support homeless youth
 Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Tyler Perry's GOOD DEEDS is very happy to announce Good Deeds:Great Needs, an initiative to support...
Attorney General Madigan, federal government & state attorneys general secure $25 billion settlement with nation’s five largest banks
WASHINGTON, DC — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined with her counterparts in other states and the federal government...
Chicago Teachers Union files EEOC charges on behalf of black school teachers unfairly laid off by the Chicago Board of Education
 African American teachers were 40% of layoffs yet comprise 29% of workforce   CHICAGO, IL – The Chicago Teachers...
The National Black Church Initiative launches national boycott against BB&T Bank
  NBCI Investigating 35,000 Complaints  Washington DC - The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a coalition of 34,000 churches...
Lt. Governor Simon calls on Senate to pass victims Bill of Rights amendment
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Lt. Governor Sheila Simon commended state representatives on their 116-2 passage of House Joint Resolution 29 and...
Record number of Illinois students taking AP Exams and posting successful scores
Illinois Moves Closer to AP Equity and Excellence for Latino Students; Number of Latino graduates taking AP courses quadrupled over...
Illinois Arts Council reinstates Ethnic & Folk Arts Master Apprentice Program, deadline for Fy12 applications is March 30, 2012
Guidelines and application materials are now available online for the Illinois Arts Council's Ethnic & Folk Arts Master Apprentice Program....
Alderman Sawyer seeks carrot to revamp Chatham’s business strips and housing stock
 By Chinta Strausberg  Newly elected Ald. Roderick Sawyer is seeking to restore a sense of community in Chatham...
Beyond Sport Awards 2012 open for entries
Beyond Sport, the global organization that promotes, develops and funds the use of sport to create positive social change, is...
NAACP Job Fair coming to Chicago on February 21
Recognizing that these are difficult times for many families and that unemployment rates in communities are at record highs, the...