Q&A with World Premiere of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s SUGAR HILL: Nutcracker
Duke Ellington once remarked about Strayhorn: “Billy Strayhorn was my right arm, my left arm, all the eyes in the back of my head,…
New York, New York…
Every now and then, it would help if you did something to take you right out of your comfort zone to look anew. That…
Come Carlton…
Carlton D’Metrius Pearson was the ordained minister who defied convention. At just 15 years old, he started his own church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The…
Oral History of Chicago’s Civil Rights Movement…
Rev. Brian E. Smith is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Chicago Theological Seminary and pastor of the North Shore Faith Community Church. He…
Jann Wenner – Rolling Stone Magazine Co-Founder is Racist and Sexist…
Jann Wenner, co-founder of Rolling Stone Magazine (1967), is a sexist and a racist. His new book, ”The Masters” is a series of seven…
Suggestions for Chicago on Migrants
Migrants are being sent to major cities, New York and Chicago, seemingly for destruction and to exhaust resources. Mayor Eric Adams of New York…
Gangsta Trump!
Donald John Trump, former President of the United States, “Number 45“, will go down in history as the most controversial and dangerous President of…
Out of Control Youth…
Crime in urban cities is out of control. It’s like we are living in a war zone. It’s not a Chicago problem or a…
America’s New Black Codes…
Black Codes and Jim Crow laws were passed at different periods in the Southern United States to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power…
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Pivot. . .
The Reverend Jesse Jackson announced right before the Rainbow Push 57th Annual Convention that he was going to “pivot.” Meaning that his day-to-day role…
Q&A with Mr. Saint Aubyn (Lloyd Price) and Shelton Becton (Music Supervisor)” Personality: The Lloyd Price Musical”
“PERSONALITY” is a musical about the life and legacy of Lloyd Price. His story is somewhat unknown, yet this trailblazer’s contributions to music are…
American-ism
America is a country divided: one white America and one Black America. Minorities follow the Black path. Mr. Obama said In his presidential propelling…