A scene from the theatrical production, "Black Love Reigns Supreme" (All Photos courtesy of Praize Productions, Inc.)
"Quote:" We want the audience to take away from...
A Chicago Defender article from 1946 that chronicles the Hemmons family becoming unhoused.
This is Part Three of the Chicago Defender’s series Black and Unhoused:...
Here are the top stories from the Chicago Defender for the Week of Sept.11-16:
Chicago Takes Bold Step Towards Municipal Grocery Store to Tackle Food...
Members of the CVI Leadership Academy cohort with officials and dignitaries (Photos by Tacuma Roeback).
A unique initiative from Chicago strives to tackle the agonizingly...
"August 20, 1619, 20 Africans arrived in Point Comfort, Virginia on a Dutch ship."
This is the opening line from Ted Williams III's acclaimed "1619:...
CHICAGO – On Tuesday, Oct. 22, 1,000 talented Chicago high school students from under-resourced communities gathered at Navy Pier’s Festival Hall for a mass...
A chorus of “Black Lives Matter” and “No Bannon, No KKK, No fascist USA” were heard on the steps of the Chicago Booth School of Business in response to...
Ground Breaking Ceremony For University of Chicago South Side Trauma Center
After long and tedious protests and countless pleas to bring a trauma center to...
The Obamas Choose Jackson Park As Presidential Library Site
The word has hit the newswire that President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have...
