Black Expo

Portraits of Black Chicago: The Beat Goes On

Black bongo player performs at the International Amphitheater in Chicago as part of the annual PUSH [People United to Save Humanity] ‘Black Expo’ in the fall of 1973. October 1973 Chicago’s PUSH Black Expo was a powerful tour de force for Black Businesses nationwide at the time this photo was shot. Time magazine stated in…

May 1, 2009

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Arts & Culture, Chicago Cultural History, Commentary, Jive Culture, Music, Musical Performance, Photography, Staged Affairs, the Goodness

Black Business, Black Expo, Chicago Cultural History, Chicago History, Chicago Reporter, economic empowerment, John H. White, marvin gaye, photography, Portraits of Black Chicago, PUSH Expo
Perfect Angel: minnie riperton stayed in love.

Minnie Riperton, native Chicagoan and Hyde Park High School alum, started her singing career as a receptionist for Chess Records (at 2120 South Michigan Avenue). There, Riperton recorded in a girl group called the Gems, and a Rock/Soul outfit called Rotary Connection (for the story of how, while in Rotary Connection, Minnie came to accept…

February 26, 2009

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Chicago Cultural History, Local Chicago Music, Music

Black Expo, Chicago Soul, Dick Rudolph, Local Chicago Soul, Margo Jefferson, Minnie Riperton, Rotary Connection, Soul Train, Stevie Wonder