MLK birthday celebration to feature Big Sean, Judge Greg Mathis, Bishop J. Drew Sheard and more in Detroit
The 94th annual Bud Billiken Day parade, a Chicago tradition celebrating Black culture and education, took place with vibrancy and enthusiasm. Held on the historic
Rev. Jesse Jackson hosted his annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration by honoring Kem, Blake Corum, Rabbi Syme, Bishop Charles Ellis, Rev. Watson and Mama Shu Harris on MLK Day
Sean Suggs is the president of Toyota North America Battery Manufacturing in Liberty, North Carolina. He spoke to a standing-room only audience during the 2022 Rainbow PUSH
Standing at 6 ft. 8 in., former NBA player Hollis Copeland has become a veteran in another field — finance. Copeland is currently the head
April Walker is the founder of Walker Wear, a heritage lifestyle fashion brand from Brooklyn, New York. Walker was present at the New York Stock
The Rev. Jesse Jackson had top-notch guests at his 25th annual Wall Street Economic Project. The guest list even featured hip-hop stars Al B. Sure!
Dignitaries were being escorted to their seats in a green space on Clark Atlanta University’s campus on Jan. 11 for President Joe Biden and Vice
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Atlanta University Center Consortium on Jan. 10, 2022, to passionately demand passage of the John
The trial involving the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was shot and killed during a routine jog in Brunswick, Georgia, is
The Coalition of Haitian American Organizations in Chicago came together on Sept. 26, 2021, in support of the Haitian migrants who have been abused at
Reverend Jesse Jackson and his wife Jacqueline have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to multiple media reports. The Civil Rights leader, 79,
Nas has partnered with Eddie Murphy to release a collaborative apparel collection for the comedian’s upcoming “Coming 2 America” film, which debuts exclusively on Amazon
The Rev. Clay Evans, a beloved civil rights leader, gospel singer and pastor, died on Nov. 27, 2019. He was 94. The Rev. Charles Jenkins
“Expanding the African American Opportunity Pipeline” was the theme for the Rainbow Push Coalition’s 20th anniversary of the Global Automotive Summit, held in Detroit at
Just days away from his 78th birthday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is on the ground in Los Angeles doing what he does best: fighting
The two most recent mass shootings that shook the nation shed light on how racial rhetoric can have real-life consequences. Words that were used to
The 29th annual Festival of the Arts continued the tradition of exposing Chicago to the African diaspora. Family, music, art and commerce are at the
Aretha Franklin’s homegoing service will be remembered for years to come. Thousands packed the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit for a 10-hour ceremony that featured
[jwplayer BijuDYgO] During the 50th-anniversary commemoration of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of Dr. King’s lieutenant’s, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, inspired
