Q&A – Perdure Carter AKA Coach, The Closer, CEO of Dream Spots Leasing & Sales
byA native of the south side of Chicago, Perdure Carter AKA Coach, The Closer is the CEO & Managing Broker of Dream Spots Leasing…
Black America
Al Sharpton Talks Misconceptions About His Place at the Center of Civil Rights
byFor many Black Americans, he is next to a Messiah. For many non-Black Americans, he is thought to be an agitator, riling up already…
The Urban Cowboy
byAdam Hollingsworth, Chicago’s urban cowboy, needs help and we should not ignore his plea. He is the man about town, riding his horse on…
Q&A Melody Spann-Cooper VON-TV
byN’DIGO: How has your business been affected by COVID? Spann-Cooper: Our business has actually grown in COVID. People have been enthralled in information regarding…
RESPITE! California Proposition 209 Aims To Undo Proven Injury
byBlack America has a lot riding on the top-of-ballot contest between Joe Biden and the incompetent incumbent. But on Nov. 3rd save some attention…
Dr. Leon Finney Jr. 1938 – 2020
byDr. Leon Finney Jr. was a dear friend. I first met him as a college student, working with Reverends Jesse Jackson and Willie Barrow…
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORONAVIRUS AND THE COURTS
byThere are over 2.3 million Black people in jails and prisons in the United States. That terrible fact, explained in detail by Michelle Alexander…
Q&A With David Brown, Superintendent of Chicago Police
byDavid O’Neal Brown is Chicago’s newest Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. Brown was the chief of the Dallas Police Department from 2010 to…
Rev. CT Vivian’s Chicago Connection
byAlthough he passed into eternal life the same day as the more nationally known giant of the Civil Rights movement John Lewis, the Rev….
Capital “B”: Words Are Powerful
byFinally, some members of the mainstream news media have come to the conclusion that from now on, they will capitalize the “B” in Black…
Black Injury Recognized; Now What?
byThe murder of George Floyd by white Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin has unleashed a torrent of protests across all 50 states and even some…
Time For A Timeout
by“Hey Chicago, you want some of this?” he asked me. Michael Jordan and I had met a few times in Chicago, but I was…