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Carl West Commentary On "Next" Generation versus "CURRENT" Generation Leaders

I was having an off-the-cuff chat with Hermene Hartman and Rev. Leon Finney the other day and they gave me something relevant to think about in terms of my objective to establish and build the next generation of leaders. It really started with Hartm

City of Chicago Treasurer Stephanie D. Neely Accepts "Bank on Chicago" Award from the Monroe Foundation and Community Banking Leaders

City of Chicago Treasurer Stephanie D. Neely Accepts "Bank on Chicago" Award from the Monroe Foundation and Community Banking Leaders

Contact Your Legislator Today: Tell Congress Every Child Deserves a Fully Prepared Teacher!

Rev. Al Sharpton Responds To The Resignation of Ben Jealous of NAACP

Chicago's Home Care Workers To Mark Historic Milestone 30 Years After they Rose Out of Obscurity and Poverty

• 30 Years After they Rose Out of Obscurity and Poverty, Chicago Workers, Union Leaders  Revisit the Campaign that Transformed the American Labor Movement

A campaign that catapulted home care workers out of the depths of poverty and reinvented the Amer

Mayor Emanuel Has More Immediate Resources Than The "Three Years Coming" 100 WHOLE FOODS Jobs For Englewood

Labor Fightback Network: Why Labor Should Oppose A U.S. Attack On Syria

Not Too Late To RSVP For CRA Community Banking Forum Saturday September 7th

It's not too late! Make plans to  join The Monroe Foundation at it's landmark event - the Annual CRA Forum & Bank Report Card event, tomorrow, September 7th.

In addition to reviewing the activities and commitment of Chicagoland banks to the communi

Spencer Leak, Sr Says "Dr. King Would Hang His Head In Shame" For Blacks Have Went Into Train Wreck!

The March On Washington 50 Years Ago thru the lens of Philadelphia photographer Jack T. Franklin

Explore Online!  The Jack T. Franklin Photographic Collection       (L: Radio personality Georgie Woods registers riders for a bus from Philadelphia to the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. R: A train bound for Washington, DC leaves 30th

May 31st Funder Match deadline for National Black Wall Street Chicago for 93rd Year anniversary of original Black Wall Street

Dr. Conrad Worrill Street Sign Unveiling In Chicago TODAY Thursday August 22nd, Veteran Educator, Activist

Nielsen Company Celebrates 90 Years Reception TODAY Wednesday August 21 in Chicago

March On Bank Of America Tuesday August 20th By Midwest Housing, Labor and Community Activists

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20th, housing, labor, and community activists from across the midwest will converge on Chicago to expose Bank of America, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac as 'Partners in Crime'. 2:00 pm, Housing Rights rally at 3811

WVON's Perri Small and Kendall Moore Broadcasting LIVE from Bud Billiken !!

In addition to the local and national TV media broadcasting from Bud Billiken Parade, legendary Black talk radio station WVON-AM's radio personalities Perri Small and Kendall Moore will be broadcasting LIVE from the 84th Annual Bud Billiken Parade fr

PHEN hosts its 9th Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit, September 19 & 20, Washington D.C.

PHEN WILL HOST ITS NINTH ANNUAL AFRICAN AMERICAN PROSTATE CANCER DISPARITY SUMMIT ON SEPTEMBER 19TH AND 20TH

The Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) will host its "Ninth Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit" on September 19t

Texting While Driving can now be Blocked by New State Of The Art Technology

Newseum's Exhibit on the American Civil Rights Movement, 'Make Some Noise,' Opens

A Newseum visitor reads about the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter where in 1960 four African-American college students launched the sit-in movement. "Make Some Noise: Students and the Civil Rights Movement" opens Aug. 2. (PRNewsFoto/Newseum)

Foundation Offer $ 20 to Every Low-Income Family that Opens A $ 5 Kids Saving Account at Back To School Event August 17th

CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS CHICAGO EMERGENCY URBAN VIOLENCE SUMMIT LACKED FOCUS ON ECONOMIC VIOLENCE TO RESOLVE URBAN VIOLENCE