This year's Induction Ceremony Honors Exemplary Black Men in the Chicagoland Community at the Tinley Park Convention Center on June 14, 2024.
Chicago, Illinois –...
Three months after being formally appointed as CEO of Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH, Pastor Frederick Haynes III has resigned.
Haynes, 63, confirmed to The...
By Lynzee Mychael, Multimedia Journalist
In a historic and highly anticipated event, Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III, has been formally installed as the President and...
EDDIE KENDRICKS
DECEMBER 13
1903—Another one of the great unsung heroines of the Civil Rights Movement Ella Baker is born in Norfolk, Va. She directed the...
Rev. Jesse Jackson joined Chicago Football Classic co-founder Larry Huggins (Left) and Mark Rand (Right) at the press conference for the CFC at Soldier...
Pastor of The Met Is Credited for Building a Generation of Leaders
When Dr. Leon Finney, Jr. enrolled in the prestigious McCormick Theological Seminary in...
As many familiar faces in business, faith, politics and community gathered from around the country to attend the 46th Rainbow PUSH Coalition Convention at...
Fifty youth singers from Chicago Children’s Choir celebrated the start of the organization's 60th year at Navy Pier.
The group premiered its 60th anniversary recording,...
By Rev. Jesse Jackson , Jr.
Chicago Defender Contributing Writer
“That decision changed the whole Western World because it began a new global frame of reference...
