Former Mayor Calls for Accuracy in Water Crisis Narrative 
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 
Legendary Bluegrass Bash Slated for September 23-26 in Brown County
Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Uncle Pen Days Festival still going strong after more than four decades NASHVILLE,...
Brown/Byrd Foundation Annual Reminder – September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS MONTH New York, NY (BlackNews.com) – When Kevin Byrd and Blossom Brown were asked about the ultimate...
Englewood Jazz Festival Celebrates AACM at ’50’, Saturday, Sept. 19 in Hamilton Park
Corey Wilkes, Tammy McCann, Makaya McCraven, Young Masters Among Headliners Dr. Conrad Worrill, Tom Tom Washington, Kidd Jordan and...
Camille A. Brown & Dancers Explore Spectrum of Black Womanhood in Chicago Debut at the Dance Center Nov. 5-7
CHICAGO--The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago presents the Chicago debut of Camille A. Brown & Dancers performing their newest...
Munger: State to Begin Making Early Intervention Payments
CHICAGO, IL – Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger announced Wednesday that her office is setting up accounts and will immediately begin...
Kirk Joins Gillibrand, Schumer, Jon Stewart to Champion 9/11 Health Bill
170 Illinoisans Enrolled in World Trade Center Health Program Which Is in Need of Reauthorization WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator...
State Board Approves Threshold Scores on New PARCC Assessment
First batch of state-level preliminary results released for baseline year SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois State Board of Education voted...
South Side Credit Union CEO Asks Clergy to Promote Save and Black Program
Calls for Buy Black campaign By Chinta Strausberg Asking churches to practice what they preach and to lead the way...
Author Says “Urban Fiction Books Today Glorify Ghetto”
"There is absolutely nothing wrong with ghetto but fantasy and fiction should lead readers to new places, take them on...
Illinois Department Of Public Health Completes Maternal-Child Health Assessment
 Analysis Indicates Need For Expanded Mental Health Services SPRINGFIELD, IL - Every five years the Illinois Department of Public Health...