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Family and Friends Celebrate the Life of ...

A memorial service for renowned educator, social activist and international scholar, Dr. Anderson Thompson, will take place Saturday, Aug. 17, ...

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“I Believe Tour” Comes To Chicago

Captain Sandy Yawn, star of Bravo’s hit series Below Deck Mediterranean, will headline an evening of inspiration, entertainment and live ...
In honor of its 15th anniversary, The Roots’ legendary sixth album The Tipping Point is available once again via Geffen/Urban Legends. The amalgam of hip-hop, soul and funk, originally released on Geffen Records in 2004, has been reissued as standard black double vinyl as well as on translucent gold limited-edition colored double vinyl, to be released July 12. Order The Tipping Point now at https://urbanlegends.lnk.to/TheTippingPoint

The Roots’ ‘The Tipping Point’ To ...

In honor of its 15th anniversary, The Roots’ legendary sixth album The Tipping Point is available once again via Geffen/Urban ...

Black Experience

It was July 27, 1919 when 17-year-old Eugene Williams was stoned by whites and drowned after he his raft accidently crossed the unofficial barrier between Chicago’s white and black beaches at 29th Street now renamed 31st Street Beach. Seven days of rioting followed and ended on Aug. 3, but not before 38 people died (23 blacks and 15 whites), 537 injured and more than 1,000 people left homeless due to arson. Photo Courtesy: City of Chicago

Chicago remembers 1919 Race Riots

It was a little over a year ago this week when riots erupted on the South Side following the death ...
Sandrel Sanicole Young, a Chicago filmmaker, director and Columbia College graduate is currently working on a short film called “Training Wheels,” which is inspired by Young’s relationship with her father and is based on love, forgiveness, trust and family. Photo Credit: Sandrel Sanicole Young

Young Introduces Training Wheels Film

“It took me time to understand my [father’s] struggles and understand that he couldn’t be what I wanted him to ...

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