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 
Pro-Life African Americans March Nationwide to the Supreme Court Hoping to Bring an End to Abortion
Group says the leading cause of death of African Americans is abortion, and 52% of all African American pregnancies end...
TUPAC Unseen: New Book & Website Publishes Previously-Unseen Tupac Shakur Collection of Photographs & Artwork, Showing Icon in Rare New Light
Art Photographer Joel D. Levinson photographed Tupac Shakur in 1993, and used the opportunity to create thirty-six portraits that showed...
American Muslims To Hold Protest Rally October 26th Protesting the Death Sentence of Shiite Muslim Cleric, Sheikh Nimr
Free Sheikh Nimr†Demonstration, Sunday, October 26, 2014″ ELMHURST, IL - UNITED FOR NIMR, a grass root group, will hold...
Illinois African-American Family Commission to Unveil Black Agenda Today
CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois African-American Family Commission (IAAFC) is unveiling a black agenda 9:30 a.m., Friday, October 24, 2014,...
CONSUMER ALERT: Illinois Dept. of Insurance Warns Consumers Not to Conduct Business with Certified Warranties Corporation
CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) is alerting consumers that an unlicensed company doing business in Illinois...
Former CEO Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Thousands from Naperville Adoption Charity: Atty. General Madigan
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced the former chief executive officer of a Naperville-based adoption agency was...
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON, DC – President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: ·        Jay...
CBC and HBCU Leaders Hail New PLUS Loan Rules, Hundreds of Thousands of Students To Benefit
WASHINGTON, DC - The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), together with the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO),...
Roger Ebert Biopic “Life Itself” was Shown as Part of the Chicago International Film Festival
CHICAGO, IL – “Life Itself,†(Magnolia Pictures) the acclaimed documentary chronicling the life of world renowned film critic Roger Ebert,...
Exhibit Explores Concepts of Race, Inequality at Illinois Holocaust Museum This Fall
Acclaimed Exhibit on Race Involves Area Institutions First exhibit to tell stories of race from biological, cultural and historical points...