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• Jackalope makes way for migrants

  03-08-2023 19:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In 2020 during the nationwide George Floyd and Breonna Taylor protests against police violence and white supremacy, there was a concurrent “Open Your Lobbies” push from theater artists.They advocated for performing arts venues (temporarily closed by the COVID-19 pandemic) to make their public spaces available to protesters for shelter and supplies.  For Jackalope Theatre the […]
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• White Cop Claims Racial Discrimination After Not Being Named Police Chief

  03-08-2023 18:00
  
  Photo: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
  A white officer in St. Louis has filed a lawsuit against the city and two Black officials alleging that he wasn’t promoted to police chief because of his race.
  According to the Daily Beast, Michael Sack is suing the city of St. Louis, Mayor Tishaura Jones, and Interim Public Safety Director Daniel Isom on allegations of racial discrimination.
  Sack claims that his “race was a determining factor, motivating factor, or played a part in the
  
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• Deondray and Quincy LeNear Gossfield on ‘The Chi’, Season 6 and the City They Love

  03-08-2023 16:00
  
  The Producer-Director team behind Season 6 of “The Chi” dishes on their love for Chicago and working with show creator Lena Waithe.
  Deondray Gossfield and Quincy LeNear Gossfield show us that partnership, tenacity and laughter can make for a fantastic life when paired with authenticity. The producer-director Hollywood husbands exude what it means to be truth-tellers and light-bearers. 
  As they gear up for the Season 6 premiere of Showtime’s The Chi, they share with The Chi
  
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• Deondray and Quincy Gossfield on ‘The Chi’, Season 6 and the City They Love

  03-08-2023 16:00
  
  The Producer-Director team behind Season 6 of “The Chi” dishes on their love for Chicago and working with show creator Lena Waithe.
  Deondray and Quincy Gossfield show us that partnership, tenacity and laughter can make for a fantastic life when paired with authenticity. The producer-director Hollywood husbands exude what it means to be truth-tellers and light-bearers. 
  As they gear up for the Season 6 premiere of Showtime’s The Chi, they share with The Chicago Defender the
  
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• What is ‘Afrobeats?’…The music genre is quickly becoming embraced by Black America

  03-08-2023 14:44
  
  OBI ASIKA AND SMADE are the founders of “Afro Nation,” the world’s largest Afrobeats festival. The festival is coming to Detroit on Aug. 19-20.
  In 1998, when Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was just 7 years young, much of Black America was rockin’ to a song called, “Sittin’ on Top of the World,” by Brandy Norwood, known mainly by her first name, Brandy.
  Brandy, the California girl who was 19 years old at the time, had already established herself as a solo sensati
  
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• Feeding the Freedom to Grow

  03-08-2023 14:00
  
  Ford is honoring Black Business Month by supporting entrepreneurship, culture and cuisine to the table. We’re celebrating those who inspire us through their stories like Peace Tree Parks, a nonprofit that works to convert vacant land into gardens allowing them to beautify the city while feeding the community. The founders are proud Ford owners dedicated to increasing access to fresh produce in the community they know and love.
  “To repurpose the land, our goal was to feed the communit
  
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• Faith Leaders Will Join Loretto Workers On The Picket Line

  03-08-2023 13:30
  
  Prominent faith leaders throughout the Chicagoland area are set to stand in solidarity with over 200 Loretto Hospital workers as they enter the fourth day of striking.
  On Thursday, August 3, at noon, these faith leaders are expected to join forces with the workers in a rally held at the main entrance of Loretto Hospital.
  The Loretto Hospital employees walked off the job on Monday at 7 a.m. Intended to be a display of unity, the group held a press conference alongside elected officials and civil
  
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• This Week In Black History August 2 – 8, 2023

  03-08-2023 05:00
  
  AUGUST 2
  1924—A man who would grow up to become one of the most prolific and complex Black writers of the 20th Century is born on this day in New York City. James A. Baldwin was a novelist, short story writer and poet. His works frequently had racial and sexual themes. In addition, he penned powerful essays on the Civil Rights Movement. Baldwin’s homosexuality is believed by many to have been a result of being raised by a “hard and often brutal father” and a submissive mo
  
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• Dr. John Warren: Justice Thomas … An insult to Uncle Tom

  03-08-2023 05:00
  
  by Dr. John E. Warren
  A number of people in the African American community have known about the character of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas since before his appointment to the high Court. In fact, it was considered a disgrace to replace someone with the character, intellect and commitment to the struggle of Black people with the likes of Clarence Thomas. When the great debate during his confirmation hearing over the allegations from attorney Anita Hill surfaced and Thomas accused his detr
  
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