By Lynette Holloway A member of the best-known African-American unit of World War I, popularly known as the “Harlem Hellfighters,” is scheduled to receive a…
Posts published in May 2015
By Blackthen Joe Gans was born and raised in Baltimore and is considered among the greatest lightweight boxers of all time. Popularly known as the…
About 50 volunteers came out Sat., May 16, to spruce up the Austin Plaza Arms, 501 N. Central Avenue. Formerly the site of a YMCA,…
When, earlier this month, the Cook County Land Bank Authority identified 13 Chicago neighborhoods and 13 surrounding suburbs in which to aggressively purchase vacant single-family…
By Mark A. Clements Board Member of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty In 1986 Paula Cooper made international news as she became the…