Vivica A. Fox Stars in and Produces the New LMN Thriller “The Wrong Housemaid” 
Three Women Fighting to Preserve an Important Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia 
63-Year-Old Black Athlete/ Track Star is Running Faster Than She Did in Her 50s 
14-Year-Old Black CEO Launches Youth Entrepreneurship Summit and $10K Pitch Competition 
Founder Rejects $15K Offer for Breakthrough Patent-Pending Software 
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...
Harris and Harris Wealth Management Partners with Black Benefactors for Night of Giving
Bowie, MD - On Saturday, November 1, 2014, Harris and Harris Wealth Management will host a "Night of Giving Event"...
Modest Social Security COLA Crucial for American Families
Social Security Key 2014 Election Issue WASHINGTON, DC - AARP CEO Jo Ann Jenkins offered the following statement in reaction...
Early Voting is Alive in Illinois: Get With the Program, Get to the Polls Early and Vote
Early Voting Dates and Locations SOURCE: Illinois Board of Elections - http://www.elections.il.gov/infoforvoters.aspx Early voting in Illinois started October 20 and...
Local African American Leaders Honored in Memory of Whitney M. Young, Jr. and in Support of Local At-Risk Youth
CHICAGO, IL -Â To commemorate a life of service the 6th annual Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Awards Dinner, hosted...
Madigan, Dept. of Revenue: Tax Fraud Operation Nets $100 Million
Ongoing Initiative Recovers $100 Million, 50 Charged Statewide for Unpaid Sales Tax Fraud CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa...
New Poll Reveals Overwhelming Majority of Doctors Concerned About Antibiotics Use on Healthy Animals
Illinois PIRG, Consumers Union and local Northwestern and U of Chicago doctors will release a new Consumer Reports poll that...
Two Months, No Special Prosecutor: Demand Gov. Nixon and Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster Appoint a Special Prosecutor to Investigate Michael Brown’s Shooting
Demand the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate Michael Brown's shooting From: Cornell William Brooks President and CEO NAACP...