Standing near where tens of thousands of African slaves landed in Charleston, S.C., Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. announced updated plans last Wednesday for a $75 million International African-American Museum.
By: Deborah Bayliss - October 17, 2013 4:49 p.m.
Construction of a new Malcolm X College and School of Health Sciences got underway with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and City Colleges Chancellor Cheryl Hyman breaking ground October 2, on the site located adjacent to the Illinois Medical District and across the street from the old college building at Jackson Boulevard and Damen Avenue in Chicago.
African American shoppers have been lead to believe Aunt Jemima and some other syrups are African American products. Many are looking for products that really are African American. The answer is speaking the truth about how we have been purposely subject to misleading advertising and stories.
This August has been proclaimed as the 10 Annual Black Business Month.
By Deborah Bayliss |
Friday, June 21, 2013
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is cutting 100 positions from its central office staff and scaling back administrative costs in a move that CPS officials say saves $52.3 million in its effort to fill a $1 billion 2014 budget deficit.
By: citizen - May 15, 2013 12:11 p.m.
A Federal Trade Commission study of the U.S. credit reporting industry found that five percent...
By: citizen - May 8, 2013 4:13 p.m.
President Barack Obama nominated veteran Rep. Melvin Watt to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency,...
By: citizen - May 1, 2013 1:24 p.m.
There's a new, controversial "currency" lurking amidst the financial horizon. Reportedly, it's being used universally...
By: citizen - April 18, 2013 4:19 p.m.
Child care costs have nearly doubled in the last quarter century while the percentage of...
By: citizen - April 10, 2013 1:26 p.m.
Are you a Zero-TV household? No, I don't mean restricting the kids' TV viewing to...
By: citizen - March 27, 2013 3:51 p.m.
Most U.S. drivers reported talking on their cell phone and about one in three read...
By: citizen - March 6, 2013 4:49 p.m.
WASHINGTON -- A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts, Payday Lending in America: How...
By: citizen - February 27, 2013 4:22 p.m.
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) urged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...
By: citizen - February 22, 2013 4:24 p.m.
The U.S. Mint is offers a collectable medal that is a bronze duplicate of the...
By: citizen - February 6, 2013 6 p.m.
To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent,...
