Chicago Reaches 500 Homicides in 2012
A West Englewood teen was shot Christmas day, as Chicago grew closer to 500 homicides for 2012. The city of Chicago on Wednesday, logged its 500th homicide –the first time the city has reached that...
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Haydia Pendleton’s Death Furthers National Gun Violence Debate
Haydia Pendleton The death of Haydia Pendleton, a 15-year old Bronzville area high school student last week captured national news headlines with reactions from a U.S. government official as gun...
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U.S. Department of Defense Focuses on African-American Achievements
African-Americans have long since left their mark on defending the nation since the Revolutionary War. WASHINGTON, – African-Americans have made and continue to make major contributions to the nation’s...
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Hadiya Pendleton Laid to Rest, First Lady Attends Funeral
Hadiya Pendleton Nicolette Robinson, a King College Preparatory High School student took careful steps across the snow- covered ground as she made her way from the parking lot area to the Greater...
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African-Americans in the Military: From the American Revolution to Integration
Three Marines clear an obstacle during a training event on Camp Lejeune, N.C., April, 1943. National Archives photo MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. (AFNS) — Many are familiar with the Tuskegee Airmen of...
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Voting Rights Protection Act in Jeopardy
Pictured from left: Martin Luther King III and Rev. Al Sharpton, founder and president of civil rights organization, National Action Network, talk to reports outside the U.S. Supreme Court Feb. 27 in...
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FBI Releases Files on Whitney Houston
Houston performing on Good Morning America in Central Park on September 1, 2009 The FBI has released 128 pages from its file on Whitney Houston, revealing details of an apparently successful blackmail...
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President Obama Designates Two New National Monuments, Honors...
Harriet Tubman was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad who was responsible for helping enslaved people escape from bondage to freedom. President Obama last month signed proclamations...
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President Obama Nominates Anthony Foxx as Secretary of Transportation
President Barack Obama announces Mayor Anthony Foxx, of Charlotte, N.C., as his nominee for Transportation Secretary, in the East Room of the White House, April 29, 2013. Outgoing Transportation...
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RICO Law Helps Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement
Cornell Dawson Over 40 leaders and senior members of Chicago street gang, the “Black Souls”, who operate a violent drug-dealing organization on the city’s West Side, were charged with the State of...
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