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Nancy Green, the Original face of Aunt Jemima, Receives a Headstone

Nancy Green, the original face and spokeswoman of Aunt Jemima, is finally getting a headstone, 97 years after her death. Sherry Williams, the Founder and...

Seeking Justice for Emmett Till 65 Years Later

Emmett Till, age 14,  was kidnapped and murdered 65 years ago today in Mississippi and the family of Till continues to seek justice.  The...

City of Evanston’s First African American Alderman’s Home Becomes A Heritage Site

The home of Edwin B. Jourdain, Jr., the city's first African American alderman of the City of Evanston from 1931 to 1947, will become...

Manual Cinema brings the Story of Gwendolyn Brooks to Life

Manual Cinema, a Chicago-based theater company, celebrates its tenth anniversary with a month-long virtual birthday party streaming four shows for free.  No Blue Memories:...

Black-Owned Greeting Card Company, Lavenderpop, Partners with Jewel-Osco

Artist and nationally-published illustrator, Otis Richardson, owner of Lavenderpop Greeting Cards, a black and Chicago based themed greeting cards company has partnered with Jewel-Osco becoming...

Muddy Waters’ former Chicago Home to become a Blues Museum and Community Center.

Six-time Grammy-winning blues singer and the “Father of Modern Chicago Blues,” Muddy Waters’ home located at 4339 S. Lake Park Ave. in the North...

Famed sculptor looking for help to cast a bronze bust of the late civil rights activist, C.T. Vivian

Artist Preston Jackson is working on a bust of the late minister, civil rights activist and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s field general during the...

North Lawndale Park to be renamed after abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

The Chicago Park District board voted on Wednesday to renaming Stephen A. Douglas Park on the Chicago's West Side to orator and abolitionist Frederick...

2nd Annual Chicago 1919 Race Riot Bike Tour

The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project, Organic Oneness, and supporting partners will be commemorating the 101st anniversary of the Chicago 1919 Race...

Clara Kirk, “Mother of Englewood,” dies at 79

Clara Kirk, a philanthropist, and founder of Clara's House, who provided a safe place for battered women and children for more than 30 years,...

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