Q&A – Tamera Fair – Author, Entrepreneur and iHeart Radio Host
byAs the saying goes, a Jack/Jill of all trades is a master of none…but there are exceptions to every rule. Chicago native Tamera Fair…
Books
Q&A with Rev. Otis Moss III, Pastor and Author “Dancing In the Darkness”
byDr. Michael Dyson writes about Reverend Otis Moss III. “Dancing in the Dark is a brilliant and poetic mediation on how Black moral genius…
Q&A with Nekia Nichelle – Creator, The N Brand
bySome people sit and wait for an opportunity to be given to them, while others get up and make their own. Chicago native Nekia Nichelle is…
Q&A with Pepper Miller, Market Researcher, Strategic Planner and Author
byPepper Miller is a premier market researcher. An expert on America’s Black consumer market, she studies and lectures with corporations, media platforms, and colleges…
Where Did the Dream Go?
by“You can kill the dreamer, but you can’t kill the dream.” “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that…
Harry and Meghan Go Where?
byAs Prince Harry and Meghan Markle step away from their roles as senior working members of the Royal Family, questions abound about the monarchy’s…
Q&A – Jzquelyn Leejzoi – Author of “Releasing You: Overcoming Insecurities and Unleashing The Beast”
byJzquelyn Leejzoi is a speaker, coach, mentor, author and successful entrepreneur. After receiving her Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and a Master’s…
Q&A with Rae Lewis-Thornton
byRae Lewis-Thornton is an Emmy Award-winning AIDS activist who rose to national acclaim when she told her story of living with AIDS in a…
TNT – Three College Classmates Explode Myths About Violence
by“Six killed and thirty-one others shot in Chicago’s most violent weekend in 2022,” screamed the Chicago Sun-Times. There were over 622 shootings and 157…
Q&A – Ahmand Smith – Author of “Kodi Blackmon: The Eclipse”
byBorn in Alabama, but raised on Chicago’s Southside, Ahmand Smith attended Columbia College and parlayed his talents to produce and promote open mics and…
Censorship – A to Z (Beware the Effort to Remove Truth-telling Books about Race in America)
byThere is a move afoot to ban books and suppress stories that deal with race. Education writer Julie West Johnson called out this alarming…
Q&A with Marion Brooks, NBC5 News Host/Narrator – The Lost Story of Emmett Till: The Universal Child
byWhen the video of Derek Chauvin’s knee firmly – and ultimately fatally — planted on the neck of George Floyd went viral, the image…