Vivica A. Fox Stars in and Produces the New LMN Thriller “The Wrong Housemaid” 
Three Women Fighting to Preserve an Important Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia 
63-Year-Old Black Athlete/ Track Star is Running Faster Than She Did in Her 50s 
14-Year-Old Black CEO Launches Youth Entrepreneurship Summit and $10K Pitch Competition 
Founder Rejects $15K Offer for Breakthrough Patent-Pending Software 
Jewell, former First Lady of Death Row Records, resurfaces on Best Hand Entertainment with a book and an album
  Jewell Caples, former Death Row Records First Lady   Detroit, MI (BlackNews.com) -- Best Hand Entertainment, LLC...
Father Ekpo speaks out for poor children in Nigeria
By Chinta Strausberg  Father Joseph Ekpo made an appeal for aid and support for children of Nigeria who are living in abject...
Jazz & Blues History Tour with Jazz Fest Weekend
Last chance for Top-Rated Tour  Chicago Detours will present “Our Chicago Sound: Jazz, Blues & Beyondâ€, Saturday, September 3rd...
$45 million available to build and expand early childhood services
Capital construction grants now available for early childhood services   $45 million appropriation will create more than 300 construction jobs,...
The Black Republican: Abraham Lincoln effigy doll is artifact of the month for September
 Each month, a different major artifact from the recently acquired Taper Collection will be featured at the Lincoln Presidential...
Pastors back Mayor Emanuel on longer school day/year
 CLERGY: "IT's COOL TO BE SMART"  By Chinta Strausberg In less than 10-days, 275,000 of the 400,000 Chicago Public...
State Board awards nearly $46 million toward child development and support services for at-risk families with infants and toddlers
Prevention Initiative Program helps build foundation for learning  Springfield, IL  – The Illinois State Board of Education announced that...
Application deadlines approaching for 18th Annual Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards
Celebrated annual awards recognize excellence in community development and architectural achievements in Chicago’s neighborhoods.  Chicago, IL - Chicago is...
National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. holds 88th Anniversary Conclave
 Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- National President Betty J. Dixon of Shaker Heights, Ohio presided over the 88th Anniversary Biennial Conclave...
"All God's Children": MLK Commentary
By Dr. Gail C. Christopher, DN America's Wire Washington, DC (BlackNews.com) -- In an often expressed dream for a better...