BLC2025: Living Word Hosts Business Conference to Empower Entrepreneurs, March 21-22

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By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Black Faith Leaders to Corporations: Restore DEI or Lose Our Business

March 14, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Chicago Pastor Charlie Dates on Why He’s Doing an Egg Giveaway on March 15

March 14, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Tonita Cheatham’s Journey of Resilience: A Two-Time Woman of Excellence Honoree

March 12, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Windy Indie: The Chicago Violinist Who Defied Expectations and Carved Her Own Path

March 9, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Meet Judge Chantelle Porter: DuPage County’s First Black Woman Judge and a 2025 Women of Excellence Honoree

March 5, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Syleena Johnson on Chicago Soul, ‘The Chi’ Supergroup, and Honoring Her Father’s Legacy

February 28, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Investing in Our Future Scholarship Gala Raises $400K for Southland Students

February 25, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Jerry Butler, Soul Legend and Former Cook County Commissioner, Dies at 85

February 21, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor

Christina Anthony Brings a Fresh Take to Miss Scarlet in ‘CLUE’ at Chicago’s CIBC Theatre

February 19, 2025

By: Tacuma Roeback, Chicago Defender Managing Editor