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Chicago Community Trust offers grants to bloggers in Bronzeville or Austin

Chicago Community Trust  offers grants to bloggers in Bronzeville or Austin

Community Media Workshop and the Chicago Reporter will be reaching out to neighborhood bloggers and community groups on the South and West Sides to take up local reporting projects this year, backed by grants from a new Chicago Community Trust initiative. The Local [Read More]

Another Bloody Chicago Weekend: 54 Shot and 10 Dead

Another Bloody Chicago Weekend: 54 Shot and 10 Dead

Another violent and deadly weekend continues in Chicago. Among those shot during this weekend included a 1 year-old girl who suffered a graze wound to the neck. During the weekend of April 23, 2010, eight people including a toddler were killed and 18 wounded in Chicago. [Read More]

Chicago 1919 Race Riot In Retrospect

Chicago 1919 Race Riot In Retrospect

  Rock throwing white youths during the 1919 race riotEarly dawn today, I parked my car at the 63rd Street lakefront parking lot and rode my bike along the lakefront bike path to the Buckingham Fountain. As I approached the 29th street lakefront, a strong sense of [Read More]

Chicago’s O.K. Corral – Urban Gunfights

Chicago’s O.K. Corral – Urban Gunfights

Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis was talking about surging gun violence when he was pulled away. Photo Credit: (John J. Kim/Chicago Sun-Times) Today is not October 26, 1881, and we are not in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States. Today is April 03, 2010 and we [Read More]

Necessity Entrepreneurs

Necessity Entrepreneurs

Some referred to it as unintended entrepreneur, accidental entrepreneur or forced entrepreneur. The so-called expert are defining unintended entrepreneurs as individuals that are just plain lucky or newly unemployed that have formed their own small businesses as a result of [Read More]

African American and Blacks Unemployment Rate Still High

African American and Blacks Unemployment Rate Still High

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics www.MinorityITJobs.com - A minority and female information technology jobs siteThe unemployment rate fell from 10.0 to 9.7 percent in January, and nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-20,000), the U.S. Bureau of [Read More]

Legally smoke 10 grams of marijuana in Chicago and pay $200?

Legally smoke 10 grams of marijuana in Chicago and pay $200?

  Cook County Board members passed a proposal that decriminalizes the possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana. If approved, officers will have the discretion to write a ticket of $200 or issue misdemeanor charge. SeeMombo.com Bookmark ChocolateCity.cc Hide Sites [Read More]

Finding that beauty salon, hair salon, spa or barbershop

Finding that beauty salon, hair salon, spa or barbershop

HairNations.com - The ultimate goal of the newly launched HairNations.com is to create a one-stop and a one-of-a kind web site For most people, including males and females, there is absolutely no compromising when it comes to the appearance of their hair and the need to [Read More]

Bronzeville Realtors and Agents

Bronzeville Realtors and Agents

Home in Bronzeville, ChicagoBRONZEVILLE,Chicago, IL — Whether you are buying, selling or renting your property in today’s real estate market, it’s important to have confidence in your real estate professional. The Chicago neighborhood of Bronzeville is no [Read More]

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Photos/ Pictures of Baby Blue Ivy Carter

Photos/ Pictures of Baby Blue Ivy Carter

Photos/ Pictures of Baby Blue Ivy Carter: Photos/ Pictures of Baby Blue Ivy Carter . Image Credit: Ed Burke for [Read More]

Singer Whitney Houston is dead at 48

Singer Whitney Houston is dead at 48

Singer Whitney Houston is dead at age 48 The legendary and gifted singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48. Houston [Read More]

30-years correspondence between Peyton Skipwith, a former slave to Liberia and his master, John Hartwell Cocke

30-years correspondence between Peyton Skipwith, a former slave to Liberia and his master, John Hartwell Cocke

By: Charles S. Mombo John Hartwell Cocke, a slave master, corresponded with Peyton Skipwith, a slave to in Liberia for [Read More]

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