Q&A – Angela Jackson – Illinois Poet Laureate
byAngela Jackson is an award-winning poet, novelist, and playwright who has published three chapbooks and four volumes of poetry. Born in Greenville, Mississippi, and…
Black Culture
The Black Woman’s March
byAs I watched CBS This Morning news regarding Anjanette Young, I was stunned and moved to tears. I thought it’s 2020 is this really…
Q and A with Dr. Helene D. Gayle
byDr. Helene D. Gayle has been President and CEO of the Chicago Community Trust, one of the nation’s old and largest community foundations, since…
Q&A with Damien Howard Chief Servant Leader of “Clever Characters”
byFor 13 years, Damien Howard taught Special Education at inner-city urban schools that served mainly low-income minority populations. But after seeing firsthand the disparities…
Q&A with Author David Masciotra I Am Somebody: Why Jesse Jackson Matters
byDavid Masciotra is an author, public lecturer, political commentator and cultural critic. He is the author of Mellencamp: American Troubadour and Working On a…
BLACK HOPE and HEALTH
byThe New York Review of Books asked 18 writers to comment on what’s at stake this November in its pre-election edition dated Nov. 5,…
Q&A With Shenna Marie, Founder/CEO Sheena Marie Beauty
bySheena Marie never intended to run her own beauty conglomerate. It just kind of worked out that way. At a crossroads in her life…
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…
Leon’s Last Wish
byI WANNA GO ON A DEMONSTRATION AND WORK FOR CHANGE ORGANIZE A MARCH FOR A RIGHTEOUS CAUSE MOBILIZE SOME NEIGHBORS TO FIGHT FOR THEIR…
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…
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…