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 
Civil Rights Icon and Entertainer Harry Belafonte Endorses Sanders for President
MILWAUKEE - Bernie Sanders on Thursday welcomed the endorsement of civil rights icon and entertainer Harry Belafonte. “I would suggest...
FBI Announces Executive Appointments
FBI Director James B. Comey announced today the following leadership appointments: David Bowdich, associate deputy director of the FBI, FBI...
State Board Issues Statement on Procurement for a New College Entrance Exam for Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, IL – In July 2015, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) released a request for sealed proposals for...
Riled by Glass Ceilings: Perseverance, Skill Credited for Historic Growth in Black Female Entrepreneurship
ByEdna Kane-Williams Given the pioneering success of Madam C. J. Walker, America's first self-made black woman millionaire, people wanted...
Hip Hop and Butoh Combine for The Dance Center’s Presentation of Rennie Harris and Michael Sakamoto March 31 – April 2
CHICAGO, IL — The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago concludes its 2015–16 season with the choreographer-performer duo of Rennie...
Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Bring Constitutional Policing to Ferguson, Missouri
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced that the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the...
From Slave Ships to ‘Black Lives Matter’: Nation’s Newest Smithsonian to Tell Story of African Americans
By Edna Kane-Williams In 1955, Mamie Till, the grieving mother of Emmett Till, said she wanted the world to see...
President Obama Addresses the Illinois General Assembly
House Chamber Illinois State Capitol Springfield, Illinois President Barack Obama: Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, members of the General...
Transit Workers Rally Against CTA Assault on Democratic Rights at the Workplace
Chicago's transit workers and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) members will rally at CTA headquarters downtown against suppression of union activity....
Maryland Legislature Expands Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions
From: The Sentencing Project Maryland lawmakers expanded voting rights for people with felony convictions with their override of Gov. Larry...