Chicago Park District Opens Summer Job Applications in Time for First of Four Teen Opportunity Fairs for Ages 13 & Up 
Former Mayor Calls for Accuracy in Water Crisis Narrative 
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 
Civil Rights Cold Case Victim Elbert Williams to be Honored on 75th Anniversary of His Murder
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) – Elbert Williams, the first known NAACP official killed for his civil rights activities, will be honored on...
Attorney General Madigan Announces $11 Million Settlement With Classmates Inc., FTD for Deceptive Marketing
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with the Attorneys General of 21 states announced an $11 million...
Fifth Circuit Immigration Ruling Delays Justice, Keeps Americans and Immigrant Families in Limbo
Statement by Mary Meg McCarthy, Executive Director, Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center CHICAGO, IL – Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant...
Living Up to the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education
By Marc Morial President $ CEO, National Urban League “Education is perhaps the most important function of state and local...
MD Governor Vetoes Bill to Restore Voting Rights to 40K People
Disenfranchisement News From:The Sentencing Project Alabama House approves bill that defines which offenses result in forfeiture of voting rights The...
Black Non-Profit Org Launches Online Fundraiser to Host “Police Brutality Survival” Summer Camps for Teens in Baltimore, Ferguson, and Atlanta
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) –  Orrin Hudson, founder of Atlanta-based non-profit organization Be Someone, says he is on a mission to teach...
Call For Entries: 51st Chicago International Film Festival
The 51st Chicago International Film Festival presents Spotlight: Architecture+Space+Design. In collaboration with the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial (October 2015-January 2016),...
ISBE to Kick Off Summer Meals program
Ensuring low-income students are well fed while school is out SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)...
34th Annual American Black Chiropractic Association Convention to be Held in Atlanta, June 25-27
Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) – The 34th Annual ABCA National Convention will be held at Life University in Atlanta, GA on...
Man Sentenced to Prison for Cigarette Smuggling in Champaign
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) announced that Lemont Baggett, 51,...