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• Malcolm X: 60 Years Later, the Fire Still Burns

  23-02-2025 19:00
  
  Illustration of Malcolm X by Demis Courquet-Lesaulnier/Photo of Nebraska Hall of Fame bust by Nathan Murray via Wikimedia Commons
  By Mustafa Ali
  This article was originally published on Word In Black.
  Sixty years since the bullets flew inside the Audubon Ballroom, the echoes of Malcolm X’s voice refuse to fade. His words — razor-sharp, unflinching, and drenched in the righteous fire of a people’s fury — still pulse through the bloodstream of struggle. His death was a
  
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• Financial Literacy and Generational Wealth: How Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin Empowers Underserved Communities

  23-02-2025 16:00
  
  Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin (Photo Credit: Chicago City Treasurer’s Office)
  BHM MoveMakers: Black Chicagoans Doing Big Things – Stories highlighting individuals in our city who are driving change.
  What does financial literacy mean to you? Do you understand what that phrase involves? What about generational wealth? As Black History Month ends and we move into Women’s History Month, there’s a significant sense of reflection and gratitude for the leaders wh
  
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• Nearly 50% Drop in Black Cancer Deaths, Yet Stark Disparities Persist

  23-02-2025 15:30
  
  Photo Credit: Getty Images
  The American Cancer Society’s new report, Cancer Statistics for African American and Black People, 2025, brings some good news and hard truths. 
  Cancer mortality rates have fallen by 49% in Black men and 33% in Black women since 1991. Still, Black Americans bear a much heavier cancer burden than other ethnic groups.
  The report spells out the risks in clear terms: Black individuals face twice the risk of dying from myeloma, prostate, uterine corpus (endometri
  
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• Introducing the 2025 Chicago Defender Women of Excellence Honorees

  23-02-2025 15:08
  
   
  The post Introducing the 2025 Chicago Defender Women of Excellence Honorees appeared first on Chicago Defender.
  
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