Chicago Park District Opens Summer Job Applications in Time for First of Four Teen Opportunity Fairs for Ages 13 & Up 
Marketplace With All Black-Owned Products Celebrates One Year in Business 
Two-Thirds of Black Consumers Pay More Attention to Ads That Reflect Their Culture 
Major George W. Ford Exhibit to Open During Black History Month at Temecula Valley Museum 
Alabama’s First Black Woman-Founded College Expands 
Tavis Smiley brings youth together for Leadership Institute
 Speakers Include Rapper Lupe Fiasco, Cornel West, Actress Camille Winbush  Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) -- Tavis Smiley, Lupe...
Tony Award-Winners Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy star in The Iceman Cometh
 Robert Falls directs Eugene O’Neill’s Towering Masterpiece, April 22 – June 10, 2012  (Chicago, IL) -  Goodman Theatre...
National Urban League Conference Makes Boston the Epicenter of War on Unemployment
By Marc H. Morial, President and CEO National Urban League  “During one critical and dynamic week in July, Boston...
National Bankers Association spearheads “The Peoples Economic Movement”, a national promotional campaign
 The National Bankers Association (N.B.A.) is teaming with a popular, nationally-syndicated radio talk show host, Warren Ballentine, to spearhead...
Illinois Lt. Governor Simon chairs first meeting of revamped Rural Affairs Council
 Welcomes six citizen members and the Illinois Farm Bureau  Springfield, IL - Illinois’ only constitutional officer from southern...
Cook County State’s Attorney secures significant sentence in first ever Human Trafficking Conviction
 The organizer of a sex ring who forced women to prostitute themselves for money was sentenced to 18 years...
Better Business Bureau warns vacationers: Beware of cell phone charges while abroad
  (Message from Better Business Bureau)   CHICAGO, IL - With today's technology, cell phone users can surf...
Cogic Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake makes historic first time visit to Japan
 COGIC Charities will donate $100,000 to Japan for disaster relief this July Presiding Bishop Charles E. Blake  Memphis,...
TimeLine Theatre Company launches 15th Anniversary Season with concurrent productions at two locations
 A Walk in the Woods by Lee Blessing runs August 18 -November 20 at Theater Wit, followed closely by...
Extreme Alabama Immigration Law heads to Court
Equal Voice Newspaper By Kathy Mulady  ALABAMA – A coalition of civil-rights, human-rights and faith groups filed a class...