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 
The Rukus Theater brings Escape From The Haltsburg Boys Choir
Chicago, IL -Â The Ruckus Theater is making some noise by producing a world-premiere musical during its second season in Chicago:...
Illinois State Board of Education begins budget development for FY2012
 Springfield, IL – The Illinois State Board of Education is launching a series of public budget hearings as it prepares...
Illinois State Board of Education announces the Child and Adult Care Food Program
Springfield, IL — The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced the availability of the Child and Adult Care Food...
Illinois and the Korean War, October 1950
 The State of Illinois is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War by supplying information each month about...
Denver to host first-ever Beyond Sport USA in 2011
 Beyond Sport, the global initiative that promotes, develops and funds the use of sport to create positive social change,...
Challenge to Americans: Examine your mental health
Mental Health Advocate Terrie M. Williams, Literary Icon Ntozake Shange, Screening For Mental Health and Stay Strong Foundation challenge Americans...
“Team of Rivals” exhibit opens October 14 at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
Exhibit examines President Lincoln’s Cabinet and the start of the Civil War 150 years ago; opens with lecture, book signing...
Union members rally in 10th Congressional District today
Dan Seals, Candidate for the 10th Congressional District, will join Illinois AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Tim Drea today (October 2, 2010)...
Facebook Investor giving away Small Business Grants of $100,000
Facebook Investor Peter Thiel to give away twenty $100,000 Small Business Grants  San Francisco, CA (BlackNews.com) -- Warning that America's...
PBS Journalist Gwenn Ifill to discuss her career covering Washington politics
Evanston, IL  -  Journalist Gwen Ifill, moderator and managing editor of “Washington Week†and senior correspondent for “The PBS NewsHour,†will discuss...