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Vol. 21 No. 1 February 26, 2016
What's is Really Behind Police in Black History has continued to reflect the tragic consequences for African America’s since slavery of the law as a tool to oppress; from the civil rights marches, the forming of the Black Panther Party of Self Defense in 1966, and today urban communities have become impossible to ignore as protests' continue addressing police misconduct even to:
Chicago Police Officer Kills Young Man and then Sues
the Protest Tens of thousands of black people since the 1866 birth of the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tenn. have been lynched, burned alive, beaten to death and mutilated by whites. The 1980 riots in Miami's "Liberty City" and the 1992 L.A. riots involving the Rodney King verdict were again expressed in Ferguson, Mo. Pay attention to this history of brutality and criminalization of the humanity of black people and law enforcement.
Educating Chicago youth continues to be a blame game as the governor, the mayor, teacher union and the public go at itAS Chicago Public Schools has announced the layoff of 62 employees, 17 of them teachers, citing its efforts to stabilize its finances by eliminating $85 million from school budgets; Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s handpicked Board of Education is set to meet to vote on whether or not to expanding charter schools in neighborhoods.
CPS announcing the move, the school district said those laid off include 43 full-time and 19 part-time employees. Chicago schools CEO Forrest Claypool says the fact the cuts are needed is unfortunate for the district's students, principals and teachers. In announcing the layoffs, school officials pointed to the failure of Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Legislature to come up with a school funding plan. They come as the school (Continued on page 7)
for "Making" Him (the Officer) Kill Him. "That's a new low even for the Chicago (Continued on page 20)
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tricts. Frank Otton Can history repeat itself as it once was for August 2009 a ribbon-cutting and dedication black businesses, as Black Wall Street Chi- of 75th Street, east of the Dan Ryan was celecago switch its Summit operations to the dis(Continued on page 21)
CSJ photos by Parthenia Luke
43rd Street has be identified as one of the 15 Black Wall Street District of Chicagoland. The Forum Building on 43rd and Calumet is a targeted support project identified at the Black Wall Street Chicago Summit XXVI, Once established the Forum can hold banquets over 2,000 attendees. Bernard Loyd is the owner in which seeking to secure funding support.
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By Donnell Robinson Staff Writer On Dr. Martin Luther King Day January 17, 2016, Street organizations (gangs) from across the city, and from out of town met to address
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their stake in the community and work together: Organized by People Organizing Peace Systems (POPS) Movement lead by Hest Aden from Atlanta, GA., members of the Disciples, Lords, (Continued on page 28)
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By Lionel Nixon On the corner of 35th and State Street stands a monument dedicated to the history of Black Wall Street of Chicago during the 1920s up to the 1950’s, the strips included 35th, 43rd, 47, 51st, 55, 58, 61st and 63rd streets. Presently there are only five black businesses on East 35th Street, including Seaway Bank, none in Lake Meadows. In wallowing to the Bronzeville Black Wall Streets, John W. Rogers Jr. founder of the Ariel Investments painted a picture of blackowned businesses and blacks in the business
world: “Boom Town? The State of Black Business in Chicago,” reported by The Chicago Maroon. Rogers said Black businesses continue to struggle for equal footing with “majority owned,” or non-African-American businesses, despite improvements in racial relations. According to the SBA's Office of an estimated 7% of U.S. business owners are black, up from 6.2% in 2007. It says the rise isn't statistically significant. About 10% of U.S. business owners are Hispanic. There is only two Black-owned banks remain in Chicago compared to seven twenty years ago, Seaway Bank, and the oldest Illinois Service Federal which is in need of a rescue. In spike of many success stories prominent black business are raising unsettling (Continued on page 23)