Kentavia Blackful was planning her birthday party when a stray bullet hit her in the head. Kentavia Blackful was sitting in the living room in her family home outside Chicago on Monday evening, excitedly planning her 12th birthday party. The sixth grader was choosing T-shirt designs for her friends while the rest of her family…
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Chicago Rapper Noname Launches Book Club Celebrating Writers of Color
Chicago rapper Fatimah Nyeema Warner, better known as “Noname,” continues to make her hometown proud. More recently, the 27-year-old musician announced that she is launching a new book club. Entitled “Noname’s Book Club,” the group will “highlight progressive work from writers of color and writers within the LGBTQ community.” It’s safe to say that a…
Drug Convictions Overturned For 10 Black Men Framed by Chicago Police Sergeant: ‘He took everything from me’
Derrick Lewis knew he wasn’t guilty of committing drug-related crimes in the mid-2000s. But he pleaded guilty to the cases in his mid-20s because he knew he faced the possibility of decades in prison, he said.
Chicago Nail Shop Owner Begs to ‘Stay In Business’ After Black Men Shut Down Shop to Protest Treatment of Black Women
A Chicago nail shop owner who initially contended he did nothing wrong when faced with allegations he mistreated Black customers has flipped his story, according to video of the man shown apologizing to Black women. “Let me stay in the business,” he said in the video filmmaker Tariq Nasheed shared on Twitter Friday. “Let me…
Chicago woman claims she was gang raped at R. Kelly’s music studio
Police have not been able to confirm the location of the assault R&B singer R. Kelly covers his mouth as he speaks to members of his entourage as he leaves the Leighton Criminal Courts Building (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) A Chicago woman was hospitalized this week after claiming she was sexually assaulted at R….
Chicago White Sox Official Says Honoring Emmett Till At A Baseball Game Is ‘Poor Form’
Emmett Till was honored with “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak and director Orson Welles. On Saturday, during a break in the White Sox-Twins game, the park’s big screen honored people from Chicago with three individuals on the screen that included “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak, legendary actor and director Orson Welles, and Emmett…
