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11/24/2022

Join the Washington Park Chamber of Commerce for a Networking event. RSVP is required!

07/01/2022

Jonathan Jackson declared victory against 16 competitors for the Democratic nomination for Illinois’ 1st Congressional District seat, making him Rep. Bobby Rush’s likely successor in representing the deep-blue South Side district. With all precincts reporting, Jackson, a 56-year-old activist and businessman, received 28.1 percent of the vote, according to unofficial returns. He’s the son of civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson and brother of disgraced former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. “The South Side is going to Washington D.C. with me. if I win, you win,” Jackson said Tuesday during his watch party at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center. “We have enormous challenges, from hospitalization to some of the largest discrepancies in life expectancy between Englewood and Streeterville,” Jackson said. “We are seeing an epidemic of gun violence. We are seeing grocery stores close in Englewood. … We are going to take this to HUD; we are going to take this to the Agriculture Department; we are going to take this all through D.C. until we are heard and our lives matter.”

Rising above a crowded field, Jackson is now the favorite to take over for Rush in Congress, as Democrats have held the 1st District seat since 1934.

04/21/2022

As many of you may know, I’ve been working on this project for some time now and it feels surreal to be sharing this news with you today. Dreams CAN come true.

04/02/2022

GRAND BOULEVARD — Two Bronzeville projects to improve food access and environmental sustainability are moving forward as part of a city program to support developments near public transit. Food Matters and the Overton Center for Excellence were among 11 community projects that received grants in the city’s Equitable Transit Oriented Development pilot program in October. Food Matter received $15,000 and Overton got $20,000. A key part of the city’s program is to reinvest in public transit, but it also aims to spur economic development and bring affordable housing, community centers and cultural venues to areas near train and bus lines.

Food Matters and the Overton Center for Excellence received grants last year as part of the city's equitable transit-oriented development pilot program.

03/24/2022

03/21/2022

Happy Heavenly Birthday to the great Nat King Cole! R.I.P. ஆܔ
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – Feb 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. He recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole also acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was the first African-American man to host an American television series. He was the father of singer-songwriter Natalie Cole (1950–2015).

Cole was inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. He was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990. He was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Hit Parade Hall of Fame in 2007. A United States postage stamp with Cole's likeness was issued in 1994. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013. His records sold 50 million copies during his career. His recording of "The Christmas Song" still receives airplay every holiday season, even hitting the Billboard Top 40 in December 2017.

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Jazz Improvisers

03/19/2022

03/14/2022

November 14, 1915 – September 29, 2001 - Mabel Fairbanks was an American figure skater and coach. She was the first African-American inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame. In October of 2001, she was posthumously inducted into the Women’s Sports Foundation Hall of Fame.
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