Alabama’s First Black Woman-Founded College Expands 
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Actress Dawnn Lewis’ Foundation Sponsors Elementary STEM Clubs for Underserved Chicago Students 
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Women In Jazz Festival Offers Three Electrifying Shows Nov. 19-21 at Evanston’s Nichols Concert Hall
Dee Dee Bridgewater The Music Institute of Chicago presents its sixth annual Jazz Festival, this year pointing the spotlight on...
It’s Time to Stand Up to the NRA: Sign The Petition
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Congressional Black Caucus Mourns Passing of U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General Frank E. Petersen, Jr.
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Madigan: IDOC Worker Arrested on Charges of Fraud, Official Misconduct
CHICAGO, IL — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that an Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) parole agent was...
Black Women for Positive Change to Convene Third National Week of Non-Violence
National/Global Week of Non-Violence Announced, October 17-25, 2015 Black Women for Positive Change (BW4PC) a national, inter-faith, multi-cultural volunteer and...
Katrina’s Message on America’s Poor Still Unheard 10 Years Later
New America Media By Earl Ofari Hutchinson There was a moment in the aftermath of the Katrine debacle ten years...
President Obama, Attorney General Lynch and Congressional Black Caucus Mourn Death of Civil Rights Matriarch Amelia Boynton Robinson
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Rewriting the History of American Sociology: Groundbreaking Book Makes Case That W.E.B. Du Bois is Primary Founder of Modern Sociology
NORTHWESTERN NEWS: www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/ Du Bois and colleagues at black university produced first scientific school of sociology ‘Racism, power and money...
Munger: Nonprofit, Social Service Payments Remain Priority
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Representative Dunkin Comments on Status of Workplace Anti-Discrimination Bill
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois State Rep. Ken Dunkin, D-Chicago, issued the following statement today announcing that legislation he sponsored which...