“From Fancy Prancy to Trailblazer” Jayne Kennedy on Family, Craft, & Kicking Down Doors
byLegendary Black actress, sportscaster, producer, and cultural icon Jayne Kennedy is making a comeback. Her new memoir, Plain Jayne: A Memoir, is the first…
Interview
Loni Swain – Communications Professional and Digital Storyteller
byFor nearly 20 years, Loni Swain, an award-winning media personality, storyteller, and communications professional, has used her passion for connecting people through meaningful stories…
Brother Shelton Smith – Community Leader and Youth Mentor
byFor almost 30 years, Brother Shelton Smith has been a dedicated servant of the city of Chicago through his unwavering mentorship of generations of…
AnJi White – Actress, Goodman Theatre’s ‘Covenant’
byIn his groundbreaking debut, The Tipping Point, author Malcom Gladwell explains that sometimes there is a single moment and/or instance when everything changes, and…
Tenille Jackson – President/CEO, Digital Vision Enterprises
byFor the better part of a decade, Tenille Jackson has dedicated herself to helping organizations find their voice online through her company, Digital Vision…
Todd Walton – Founder, Project Baseline
byTodd Walton is the founder of Project Baseline, a strategy and consulting firm that specializes in organizational architecture, brand strategy, and systems design for…
Rhona Bennett – Actress, Singer, Author, and Life Coach…
byFor the better part of three decades, Rhona Bennett has been a fixture on screens and stages across the world. From her time spent…
‘Michael’ in Gary: Jaafar Jackson and the Family That Built a Legend…
byThe movie ‘Michael‘ is finally here. With rewrites, reshoots and family drama, the Jackson family descended on Gary, Indiana — back where they started…
Ta-Tynsia Wilson, ‘Going Bacharach: The Songs of an Icon’
byThe story of triple-threat actress, singer, and dancer Ta-Tynsia Wilson is proof that your destiny is yours, even if it doesn’t show itself right…
Dr. Dorothy Jean Tillman, DBH – Founder & CEO, The DorothyJeanius STEAM Leadership Institute
byAlready a wunderkind since before she could walk, the little Black girl from the southside of Chicago born Dorothy Jean Tillman would go on…
Kimberly Farris – President of VanderCook College of Music
byVanderCook College of Music is one of the nation’s leading institutions in the field of music education, fostering teachers with strong character, skill in…
Dana Todd Pope, Award-Winning Interdisciplinary Artist & Curator
byWhile some great artists are taught, some, like award-winning interdisciplinary artist, curator, author, and gallerist Dana Todd Pope, were simply born knowing what to…