Chicago weekend august 31 2016

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Week of August 31, 2016 Vol 46 • No 35 • www.thechicagocitizen.com

ENTERTAINMENT

FASHION

JACK RADICS TO JOIN CARLOS SANTANA, JOHN LEGEND AND OTHERS FOR HARRY BELAFONTE SOCIAL JUSTICE FESTIVAL

PARTNERSHIP SEEKS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT LIFE THREATENING ILLNESSES + P8

+ P6

BILL’S BUSINESS

Weekly

SBA LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE FOR AMERICA’S SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURS + P4

Chicago Weekend

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Member

Congressman Davis

Convenes a Town Hall on International Issues

JACK RADICS TO JOIN CARLOS Congressman Danny Davis, U.S. Representative for Illinois’sSANTANA, 7th congressional district recently convened a JOHN town hall to discuss LEGEND AND building business bridges between African Americans and Africans. “While we may have OTHERS HARRY ships, we are all in the same come over hereFOR in different BELAFONTE boat,” Davis said inSOCIAL a recent interview with the Citizen. JUSTICE FESTIVAL By Monique Smith + PX

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ev. Al Sharpton, nationally syndicated radio and television host will often say referring to African Americans who may not have the best interest of the African American community in mind, ‘He may be my color but he’s not my kind’. That is the perception that some blacks may hold when it comes to African Immigrants. When asked the question about the contentious relationship between Africans and African-Americans, Congressman Danny Davis, U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 7th congressional district argues that’s not the reality.

Congressman Danny Davis, U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 7th congressional district

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