

It Was More Than A Funeral: It Was Black History
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson’s Celebration of Life Services on March 6, 2026, at House of Hope, Chicago, Illinois. Photo credit: Parrish Lewis When the firm I work for was notified a while ago to assist the Jackson family with the biggest tasks among all our clients, our CEO asked me to be an integral part of this new assignment. After we completed our work with Rainbow PUSH on their Back to School block party and, prior to that, the annual RPC Convention over the summer. They l
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The Magic of the Chosen Few DJs House Music Fest: Black Liberation
This year, the longest-running House music festival (formerly a picnic) in the Midwest celebrates 35 years of fellowship in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side. A picnic that started as the Hatchett Family Reunion behind the Museum of Science and Industry has blossomed into an annual gathering of the ‘who’s who’ of Chicago’s Black community, where they enjoy the positive energy and fellowship of House Music, a genre that ceremoniously started in Chicago over 40 years ago--so
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Kendrick Lamar Knew the Assignment: Super Bowl LIX Sends A Message
If you tuned into the Super Bowl LIX game on Sunday night, everyone had their favorite teams pegged for the championship ring. However, what
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Antwone Muhammad: Healing, Discovery, and Recovery
Published in Bronzeville Life (Fall Issue 2022) Black men have the highest incidence rates of breast cancer (2.7 out of every 100,000...
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Anton Seals, Jr.: Fighting for the Future of Englewood While Preserving the Past
The Englewood Nature Trail is part of the city's multimillion-dollar investment stretching 1.75 miles along an unoccupied railroad...
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Jeremih: Making HiStory
Published in Bronzeville Life (August/September 2022) Nearly a decade ago, one of the breakout songs of the cuffing season was “Birthday...
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Lee England: Beyond the Violin
Published by Bronzeville Life (Winter 2022 edition) The violin is a delicate instrument, yet as it ages, it becomes more vital and...
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