Remembering Reverend Dr. Clay Evans
byRev. Clay Evans was quite a guy. The founder of Fellowship Baptist Church, located at 4543 South Princeton Avenue, passed quietly at his home…
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Woman-ish And Black-ish Is Win-ish!
byFor the first time politically, Chicago’s Black community is in a win/win situation. On April 2, with two Black women candidates in a runoff…
On Michelle Obama’s “Becoming”
byBecoming By Michelle Obama 448 pages Crown Publishing Group (November 2018) List price: $32.50 Michelle Obama’s new book, Becoming, is a beautiful memoir of…
Shawn Baldwin’s Uphill Battles
byChicago based international investment banker and financier Shawn Baldwin has been fighting an uphill David-and-Goliath battle for a dozen years now against financial regulators…
Mentoring And Millennials
by“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to, and…
My Friend, Warner Saunders
byWarner Saunders was a prince of a guy. A tough guy, yet a nice guy. A guy on point and on purpose. A straight-ahead…
Viva, Aretha!
by“I saw you crying and I saw you responding, but I was just about to bust wide open. You talk about being moved, not…
A Crisis Of Violence And Values – by Rev. Jesse Jackson
byChicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel should immediately convene his cabinet – public health, police, housing, education and parks – for an emergency meeting with community…
“Shut It Down!”
byIt was a beautiful summer morning, a perfect day for a march down the Dan Ryan. Father Michael Pfleger called for a march to…