Get Ready For Kwanzaa 2015
In the wake of the rising re-emergence of the Black Student Movement in America, it is important that every segment of the African Community...
Protestors target Banks that profit from misery
CHASE BANK AND Wells Fargo Bank were recently the target of over 100 local protestors, who marched to the various branch locations in downtown...
Community leaders reopen the historic Strand Hotel
PUBLISHER DOROTHY R. LEAVELL (Chicago Crusader) with Jackie and Peter Holsten, President of Holsten Real Estate Development. Photo by Bob Black
The Woodlawn community received...
Apology not Accepted
Photo by J. Coyden Palmer
Protests continue as efforts to recall mayor begins
As Mayor Rahm Emanuel was issuing an apology to the city inside the...
The great André De Shields talks Gotta Dance and his long...
“Gotta Dance”
After a great television production of The Wiz Live that went “new school” with a cast that included Common, Queen Latifah, and Orange...
Alderman to take action against Pilgrim after missed deadline
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Alderwoman Pat Dowell told the Crusader December 8 she is preparing to take action against Pilgrim Baptist Church after church officials failed...
The New 411
André De Shields
A NEW YEAR EXPERENCE: Diana Martinez, Director of the McAnnich Arts Center (MAC) at College of DuPage will lead an exclusive Behind-the-Scenes...
Anger spreads to Black Aldermen
IN A HEATED exchange, 4th Ward Alderman Roderick Sawyer (right) spars with an unidentified speaker as moderator and WVON radio personality Matt Magill (center)...
A Moment to Super Size Your Thinking
It’s a heart thing. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks at the heart in 1 Samuel 16:7 is a favorite scripture...
Symbolism and Substance
The University of Kentucky at Lexington (the flagship college), has shrouded an indoor mural that features paintings of enslaved Afri- can Americans bending to...
