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 
2010 – The Year of 85 Different Architecture Tours
Social Media Huge Factor in Success  Chicago, IL – Social media has been at the forefront of the success...
Casting is complete for the World Premiere of Thomas Bradshaw’s Farcical and Incendiary Mary, February 5-March 8 at Goodman Theatre
 May Adrales directs this Goodman Commission with a cast of seven, including Myra Lucretia Taylor in the title role  ...
Book Reviews: “Minorities Deceived” and “Kenya: Rehabilitation”
By Lynia White Bookcovers Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Resilience is defined as "the ability to recover from illness or adversity." We...
Better Business Bureau alerts consumers how to protect their identities during Data Breaches
(From the Better Business Bureau) Â Â CHICAGO, IL - The Better Business Bureau serving Chicago and Northern Illinois warns...
Attorney General Madigan distributes $1.2 million to Illinois’ eight regional food banks
 Funds from Legal Settlement Will Feed People in Need in All 102 Counties                            Chicago, IL — Illinois Attorney General Lisa...
Chicago Poet-Athletes featured on Fox Chicago
America SCORES Chicago students have done something only a few daydream of: writing and professionally recording a song. Through a...
A holiday gift with a direct Lincoln connection
 “Little drummer boy†trousers and drum donated to Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum  Springfield, IL – Original items...
U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) statement in favor of S.4023, the Collins-Lieberman Bill and other issues
Senator Kirk:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â "Over the last several months, I urged Congress to wait for the considered judgment of our uniformed...
PBS Host Tavis Smiley to moderate conversation on Recovering America’s Greatness
Panelists to Consider What the Future Holds for the Next Generation Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) -- Two costly ongoing wars,...
Sam Cooke fans honor late singer with 80th Birthday Tribute
 Birmingham, AL (BlackNews.com) -- The Sam Cooke Tribute Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the life, legacy...