For the past three years, the Chicago Police Department has invested in grassroots recruitment efforts, launching the campaign, “Be the Change” targeting a wide span of individuals considering a professional career with CPD. What initially started under the former Supt. [...]
by Ted Williams III The 1619 Process I won a grant from the Illinois Arts Council to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of African Americans. With this support, 1619: The Journey of a People first premiered [...]
By Dr. Sharice Bradford Bronzeville Life Contributor May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This month of observance was created by the organization Mental Health America and has been observed since 1949. Since it’s inception, Mental [...]
Kai EL' Zabar Editor-at-Large THE BEGINNING Walking into the “Here’s Harold!” event was like a reunion with all the Harold Washington campaign workers as the music of the Alexis Lombre Quartet played softly in the [...]
Bronzeville Life Report BL Newswire United Airlines today announced a new collaboration with OneTen, a coalition of leading chief executives and their companies committed to creating one million family-sustaining careers for Black talent with opportunity [...]
The Goodman Theatre invites you for a special night of theatre to celebrate the work of August Wilson. Bronzeville Life Report BL Newswire The August Wilson Monologue Competition features high school students from across the [...]
"SOUTHUMENTARY", A Two-Part Documentary of the S.Y.S. Rap Group That Launched GUCCI MANE Has Completed Post Production Long Awaited Two-Part Documentary Featuring the Early Days of Trap Music Icon Gucci Mane and His Former Rap [...]
By: Sharice Bradford On Saturday, April 23, 2022, friends, supporters and Board Members gathered at 41st and Drexel to celebrate Trails Day with the Bronzeville Trails Task Force (BTTF). No day was more fitting for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Written by Mary L. Datcher IG @mdatcher On a hot and muggy night on August 28, 1955, Roy Bryant and his brother J.W. Milam decided to kidnap and mercilessly murdered a Black teenage boy in [...]
By Myiti Sengstacke-Rice Kim Foxx is challenging a system where there are more African Americans under correctional control than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began. She took on [...]
In recognition of Black History Month, a new exhibition at the Field Museum will honor Carl W. Cotton’s legacy and celebrate the accomplishments of this unsung African American artist. Featuring taxidermy, interviews, archival footage and [...]
By Antawn Anderson Director of Marketing at Bronzeville Life and Bud Billiken Parade Coordinator, Antawn Anderson. The leaves have fallen, and the spring/summer fashion collections have made their grand duet at New York, [...]
In 2012, Antwone Muhammad knew something was wrong when he experienced bleeding through his shirt on one of his morning workout routines. Later he would be diagnosed with breast cancer. At the time, I interviewed [...]
For the past year, radio listeners have tuned in to a mix of African hip hop and the Caribbean inspired music every Sunday night on Power 92.3 Chicago from 10pm to 12 Midnight. AfroZons is [...]
It takes a great deal of courage to step out on faith when leaving home to pursue a new chapter in one’s life. As a young man, Donald Lawrence knew the world was a bigger [...]
What’s the next best thing to having extraordinary offspring to call your children? If you’re Grammy award-winning musician, Ramsey Lewis—the next best thing is to have smart and talented grandchildren. Unlike his famous grandfather, 19-year-old [...]
What was the first song you penned? I can’t say precisely the first song because I’ve been writing since as early as six years old, but my first Country song was called “I’m the One.” [...]
What was the first song you penned? The first song that I penned for a national artist was titled “Live It Up” for John Legend’s debut album “Get Lifted.” It is a song about living [...]