Tag: Mahalia Jackson
Thursday is usually music royalty’s final day on earth
By Erick Johnson, Chicago Crusader
Thursday, the fifth day of the week, seems to be a day where the world’s biggest honorific names in music...
The truth about diabetes
By Erick Johnson and J. Coyden Palmer, Chicago Crusader
Something was clearly wrong with Doug Banks when he appeared at V-103’s splashy booth at the...
WBEZ examines segregation on the South Side
By Gene Demby, npr.com
There's a strong argument to be made that Chicago's South Side is the cultural capital of black America, a place that...
A forgotten piece of history
By Erick Johnson, Chicago Crusader
The roof is coming apart. The creaky wooden porch is aging with growing cracks. And the navy blue paint that...
Until the story of Blacks can be broadened, suspend your TV...
By Vernon A. Williams, Gary Crusader
Let’s get one thing straight from the start, brothers and sisters. We are NOT the descendants of slaves.
Our proud...