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Real Times Media launched its print, digital and multimedia expansion into the Atlanta market by officially adding Atlanta Tribune: The Magazine to its portfolio...

An award-winning photojournalist, Robert A. Sengstacke, best known as ”Bobby,” was considered one of the most prolific American photographers in the 20th into the 21st century. Mr. Sengstacke passed away March 7, at 73, after a long illness. He was the foundation of strength whose roots were grounded in a family legacy that laid seeds […]

       “These people make up the work force in Chicago and have found a means to manage their lives, pay their bills and…

Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: The Chicago Defender Celebrates Young Entrepreneurship By Mary L. Datcher Senior Staff Writer Chicago’s summer brings us weather, hot fun and…

NNPA, Chevrolet Announce Discover the Unexpected Journalism Fellows     By Freddie Allen NNPA National News Editor Edited by  Kai EL ‘Zabar   Sidnee King,…

Town Hall Meeting – “A State of Emergency” Saturday at 3 PM BWExpo Chicago     by Kai EL’ Zabar For 22 years, the Black…

Black Women’s Expo Presents Inaugural #SheMatters Award posthumously to Sandra Bland   Phenomenal Woman’s Award to recognize nine women leaders One of Chicago’s most anticipated…

Migration, a World Premiere at eta Creative Arts Foundation A play inspired by Robert Sengstacke Abbott Chicago Defender Founder/publisher, written by Michael Bradford about the Great…

Farewell to famed “Teesee” Teresa Fambro Hooks by Kai EL’ Zabar Teresa Fambro Hooks known to the world as Teesee, the socialite  who traveled the world…

Congressman Augustus Savage                Passes at 90     Former African American U.S. Rep. Gus Savage was a newspaper publisher…