By Bronzeville Life Reporters Chicago wants to help struggling drivers at the pump and CTA riders struggling with the costs of inflation. Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently announced that the city will give free $150 gas [...]
Bronzeville Life Staff Reporter It’s gritty, intense and powerful. AMC Networks on Friday, April 1 gave a special screening of the first episode of “61st Street,” a dramatic courtroom series that was partly filmed on [...]
Bronzeville Life Staff Black artists from across the country are in Chicago this week to showcase their work at the EXPO CHICAGO, which takes place April 7 - 10 at Navy Pier's Festival Hall. Pigment International, [...]
Bronzeville Life Staff Reporter Chicagoan Steykine Wills, a hair stylist who works full-time for the locally-produced television drama Chicago Fire, sees helping to create characters as a central part of her job. “Depending on [...]
Bronzeville Life Staff Reporter Assistant Director Alex Diamond jokes that his professional abbreviation, “A.D.,” should really stand for “Anxious Director.” “We always have to think of what could go wrong, and what could be an [...]
Local and national girls and boys teams from across the country have been announced for the 10th Annual Chicago Elite Classic (CEC) Basketball Showcase powered by Nike. CEC will take place Friday, December 3 and [...]
The Honorable Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. celebrated his 80th birthday at a special luncheon at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago. In attendance, faith and community leaders joined the civil rights leader as they paid [...]
This quote has served as the driving force behind Myetie Hamilton’s passion for investing in our youth and providing access and support to help them realize their full potential. Myetie is a Chicago native, raised on the City’s south side by a single [...]
By Robyn Mitchell-Henry. Twenty-twenty has certainly delivered plenty of new experiences and most of them have caused us to grow and stretch and bend to extract the lessons presented. Learning to accept the changes and [...]
ABC 7 CHICAGO TO HOST 16TH IN SERIES OF LIVE, DIGITAL TOWN HALLS; OCTOBER 6TH EDITION TO FOCUS ON VOTING WITH ABC 7 EYEWITNESS MORNING NEWS ANCHOR TERRELL BROWN MODERATING Digital Town Hall Available Tuesday, [...]
Anchor Terrell Brown will Lead Discussion with Black Business Owners From Across Chicago Area ABC 7, Chicago’s Number One station for news, will present the third installment of BLACK OWNED, a series of LIVE interviews [...]
What is the Counting on Chicago Coalition? The Counting on Chicago Coalition (COCC) is comprised of 30 organizations, each with strong and unique access points to vulnerable populations such as disenfranchised minority communities, the homeless, [...]
Lynn: What do you envision honoring these innovators provides for Chicago children who view these exhibits? Dr. Whitaker: The hope is that kids of all groups get to see African American (AA) scientists, doctors, techies, [...]
Lynn: How will this honor impact your business? Dr. Ian: I think what’s important for people like myself is for us to be out there. Because we’re touching people in ways we don’t even know. [...]
These two innovators met when Coodie, a passionate Chicago-born storyteller, needed an artist, New Orleans-born Chike, to produce a trailer for Coodie’s documentary about Kanye West’s life, while accurately reflecting the African American culture. Within [...]
Lynn: How do you envision this honor impacting your business? “I realize I am an example of what is possible from a modest beginning. . .We will always be a purpose-filled space for people of [...]
The 2020 Census is not your mom and dad’s census, as it is more than a population count. It’s an opportunity to shape the future of Cook County.
Museum of Science and Industry Celebrating 50 Years of Black Creativity. Making HERstory Kim Foxx