Seniors still feel impact of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Marisa Endicott Imam Dawud Yemani remembers exactly where he was when Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. He was in the Booker T. Washington community center in Erie, Pennsylvania, when a girl came running down the stairs shouting that Dr. King had been shot. “I had a lot of bitterness in me against the […]
CHA approves homeless families program, bonus for new CEO
By Harry Huggins The leadership of the Chicago Housing Authority approved a new voucher program for homeless families, as well as actions to expand the agency’s public housing stock during its first board meeting Tuesday. After the board announced a $10,000 bonus for new acting Chief Executive Officer, Eugene Jones Jr., CHA residents voiced their […]
