Q&A: Mario Smith – “The Mayor of Hyde Park”
bySome might call him a renaissance man, while others affectionately refer to him as “The Mayor of Hyde Park.” Chicago poet, educator, activist, producer,…
Some might call him a renaissance man, while others affectionately refer to him as “The Mayor of Hyde Park.” Chicago poet, educator, activist, producer,…
Music Executive, artist manager, entrepreneur, activist, lecturer, author and cancer survivor, Mathew Knowles brought the world multiplatinum selling girl group Destiny’s Child, singer-songwriter Solange,…
It’s not a matter of IF, but WHEN the Biden Infrastructure Plan – perhaps in reduced form – will become law. At that moment…
The Reverend Jesse Jackson reaches a hallmark this Friday, October 8, when he turns 80 years old. He is the most senior Black civil…
“eta Creative Arts Foundation is for us, about us and by us. It’s authentically Black!” These words – uttered unflinchingly by recently-returned Artistic Director…
A lifelong Chicagoan, Jeffery Beckham Jr. has always believed in the age-old adage “To whom much is given, much is required.” Throughout his career,…
From Girl Scouts and summer camps to entrepreneurship programs and internships, Concitta Cavin participated in almost every extracurricular activity you can think of but…
Ida B. Wells, born July 16, 1862, and died March 25, 1931, was a civil rights activist, journalist, and suffragist. She was renowned for…
On June 19, all Black Americans across the United States should celebrate Juneteenth, (June 19th) and observe the end of slavery in the United…
Black playwright August Wilson once observed that “Those who would deny Black Americans their culture would also deny them their history and the inherent…
Suppose ever there was an example to understand systemic racism in America. It is the case of The Tulsa Race Massacre of Tulsa, Oklahoma,…
Chandra Cooper is the great-granddaughter of McKinley and Geneva Morganfield, known professionally as Muddy Waters. She is President of the Muddy Waters Original Jam…