Photo: Rich Paul talks about his memoir Lucky Me with host Sylvia Ewing (Credit: Chicago Public Library).
by Marshelle Sanders, For The Chicago Defender
On Thursday...
by Ralph Clark, Special Contributor, Chicago Defender
When you walk through an airport, or office building, or shopping center, have you ever noticed the automated external...
Dr. Johari M. Amini-Hudson, one of the founders of Third World Press and the Institute of Positive Education, has passed away.
Amini-Hudson died on Dec....
Bettiann Gardner, co-founder of the most prominent African-American hair care company in history, passed away on Dec. 19 from Alzheimer’s disease complications. She was...
In a world where social media can completely wreak havoc on a person’s self-esteem and invoke feelings of unworthiness, there remains a critical need...
Photo: (L-R) Head of Creative Content Strategy at 300 Entertainment Kelly G., Manager, Multicultural Entertainment Initiatives at Comcast Shayla Anderson, General Manager of 300...
Two-time Emmy Award-winning actor Andre Braugher died after a brief illness on Monday. He was 61.
Before Braugher became one of his generation’s finest actors,...
Homegoing services for Worsom Robinson
by Glenn Reedus, The Chicago Crusader
Aside from entertainers, athletes and politicians, few people are known universally by a single name,...
Chicago luminaries Quincy Jones, Jennifer Hudson and Chance the Rapper have joined forces to reopen the historic Ramova Theater in Bridgeport, which was dormant...
All photos provided by Kayla Jeter.
by Lee Edwards, For the Chicago Defender
Wellness entrepreneur and personal trainer Kayla Jeter is discovering a new purpose in...
