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 
World Premiere of “Cirque Shanghai Extreme” at Navy Pier® postponed
Chicago’s Rainy, Windy Weather Forces Delays in Roof Repairs to Pepsi Skyline Stage, Prompting One Week Postponement of Show  New...
Lt. Gov. Simon: Apply for Farmers Market Grants
 Carbondale, IL – An advocate for rural communities, Lt. Governor Sheila Simon today urged local food producers to apply for...
BLACKDOCTOR.ORG & The National Medical Association partner to impact the lives of millions
 Chicago, IL (BlackNews.com) -- BlackDoctor.org (BDO), the leading online health destination for African Americans, has teamed up with the...
Institute of the Black World declares war on the “War on Drugs”
 Drug Policy Analysts and Advocates to Focus on Devastating Impact on Black Communities  Rev. Jesse L. Jackson to Keynote...
Maternal mortality rates increase for African-American women
(From New America Media) By Marjorie Valbrun  SYNOPSIS: Nationally, black women are four-times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications...
State Board, IEA and IFT recognize more than 20 educators for their outstanding performance in specific content areas
 Award recognition luncheon features teachers from across the state  Springfield, IL – The Illinois State Board of Education, along with...
After School Matters: Study suggests flagship after-school program for teens helps reduce problem behaviors
 Evanston, IL - A three-year evaluation of After School Matters -- a Chicago after-school program that serves more than...
Black role models to engineer the future of 3rd-5th Graders
 Alexandria, VA (BlackNews.com) -- Several hundred elementary school students across the country will participate in a series of technical...
Revered local historian to look back on African American experience during Great Depression, New Deal
 Chicago Historian Timuel Black to speak, with piano performance by jazz impresario and Chicago native Reginald Robinson  Chicago,...
Farrakhan: The Death of the Harold Washington Cultural Center would be like the death of the late Mayor Washington
He says take-over of the Center is a ‘conspiracy’  By Chinta Strausberg  During a “State of the Harold Washington...