Mikal Elamin was sworn in as police chief and Derek Bryant as fire chief in Matteson, the first African Americans in those ...

For the 96th year, a parade celebrating African American culture dazzled thousands of eager spectators on the South Side. The ...

The country's largest African American parade will return to Bronzeville this weekend, drawing crowds to celebrate the ...

The Bud Billiken Day Parade is the largest African-American parade in the United States, taking place every August in the ...

The two-hour special broadcast of the 96th Annual Bud Billiken Parade was available live on ABC7 and abc7chicago.com on ...

Mike Tollin’s upcoming doc, Unraveling George will have its World Premiere at the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film ...

The 30th annual Black Women's Expo is going on this weekend in Chicago. The event has attracted thousands of women every year ...

It’s Black American. But time has gone by and the problem is that the term “African American” has become so awkward that it was time to start asking some questions.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has elected its first African American presiding bishop, who will be succeeding ...

1961: Illinois native Jerry Barber, a 5-foot-5, 135-pound, 45-year-old father of five, sank putts of 20, 40 and 60 feet on the last three greens to tie Don January and force a playoff in the PGA ...

Nicknamed “The Bud,” the parade has been a back-to-school celebration and showcase for Chicago’s talented young people since 1929. For four generations, the Sengstacke family has organized what it ...

People of all ages gathered for Chicago's 96th annual Bud Billiken Parade, a massive back-to-school celebration that marked ...