Alabama’s First Black Woman-Founded College Expands 
Destiny’s Child Reimagined Tribute Honors Legacy, Sisterhood, and Timeless Music 
Actress Dawnn Lewis’ Foundation Sponsors Elementary STEM Clubs for Underserved Chicago Students 
Young Author’s “Beautiful Dreams” Becoming a Reality as Books Earn International Awards 
Celebrity Red Carpet Correspondent Covers Carolina Soul Music Awards 
College Illinois ® 529 Prepaid Tuition Program Announces Draw Your Dreams Coloring Contest For Kids
Contest Offers a Chance to Win $529 CHICAGO, IL - College Illinois!®, the state’s only 529 prepaid tuition program, has...
Finance Committee Announces A Hearing on the Burge Torture Reparations Ordinance April 14, 2015
CHICAGO, IL — Chairman Ed Burke of Chicago’s Finance Committee announced the committee will hold a hearing on the Burge...
Press Call: African-American Leaders Call for Senate Vote on Loretta Lynch Nomination
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At 10:00 AM Tuesday (today), African-American leaders will host a press call to urge the Senate to...
$45 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Former Vice President of the NBA Players Association and Southern Film EB5 Regional Center
Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) -- Open Rivers Media Group, Inc. d/b/a Open Rivers Pictures (ORP), has filed a civil lawsuit 1:15-cv-00724-SCJ...
First Lady Michelle Obama to Travel to Japan and Cambodia March 18-22
Tokyo, Japan; Kyoto, Japan; Siem Reap, Cambodia On the heels of the President and First Lady’s launch of the Let...
Undocumented Immigrant in Need of a Kidney Transplant Seeks Sanctuary
CHICAGO, IL – Isidro Secundino has struggled for years to find a donor that would donate a kidney to save...
Chicago Police Torture & Reparations Interactive Pop-Up Art Exhibition & Teach-In at City Hall
CHICAGO, IL – On March 18th,  Project NIA, We Charge Genocide, and Chicago Torture Justice Memorials, survivors of police torture and their...
SEIU Local 73 at UIC Joint Bargaining Committee Calls for Elected, Civilian Police Accountability Council
Rank and file union leaders at the University of Illinois at Chicago, members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)...
More Than 1,000 Youth to Compete in Illinois State Archery Tournament for Grades 4-12
Top finishers will Advance to National Tournament SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will host the National...
Goodman Theatre Announces its 2015/2016 Season of Rarely-Seen Masterworks and new Plays
In an unprecedented world premiere event, Robert Falls and Seth Bockley co-adapt and co-direct 2666, Roberto Bolano’s internationally-celebrated novel CHICAGO,...