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Published on February 5, 2015
Josephine Baker sashayed onto a Paris stage during the 1920s with a comic, yet sensual appeal that took Europe by storm. Famous for barely-there dresses …
Published on February 5, 2015
The look was dramatic, sophisticated and classy during the Harlem Renaissance. And by the way, hats and gloves were an absolute must, darling!
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Cab Calloway who became a star with his performances at the Cotton Club and his song "Minnie the Moocher" (1931).
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Check out the dapper threads of Claude McKay, a Jamaican poet best known for his novels and poems, including "If We Must Die"
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Fashionably conscious children walk down the streets of Harlem, dressed to the nines, during the Harlem Renaissance era.
Published on February 5, 2015
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Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on her nomination.
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Will Smith
Published on February 4, 2015
John Guare, award-winning playwright.
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City of Chicago Public Library (CPL) Commissioner Brian Bannon announced at the City Club luncheon at Maggiano's Banquets, 111 W. Grand Ave., that the city …
Published on February 4, 2015
L-R: 5th Ward Chicago aldermanic candidates, Atty., Tiffany Brooks; Community Activist, Anne Marie Miles and Jocelyn Hare.
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L-R: 5th Ward Chicago aldermanic candidates, business owner, Robyn Boyd-Clark; Pastor, Jedidiah Brown and Chicago Ald. Leslie Hairston (5th Ward).
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Carter G. Woodson
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Carter G. Woodson's "The Mis-Education of the Negro, suggested read during Chicago State University's Black History Month.
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L-R Chicago mayoral candidates Dr. Willie Wilson, Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd Ward), Cook County Commissioner Jesus "Chuy" Garcia and William "Doc" Walls. Photo: John Alexander
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In this Feb. 8, 2006 file photo, Sly Stone from the group Sly and the Family Stone performs at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
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Cars still covered in snow on Tuesday, Feb. 3 along the 400 block of East Oakwood Blvd. following Sunday’s, Feb. 1, 2015 snow storm. Mounds …
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L -R Brian Garner, Ald. Roderick Sawyer and Richard Wooten at the Greater Chatham Alliance's (GCA) aldermanic forum.
Published on February 4, 2015