08/19/21-

Local Notables -Chicago (what about your own City?

     I am so thankful and you have been so kind to show an interest in Notables persons list of African Americans and other Notable Black persons, living and deceased. I have purposely left out no one, and perhaps, have made a few bad decisions of not including some who are truly deserving of being added to the Notable Persons list. I apologize.

     Chicago, a huge urban area, has a long list of African Americans who were well known to Chicago and other parts of the country and the world. create your own list of Notable African Americans ( or even Black persons) who have influenced your area. Recognizing the achievements and influence of Black persons can only serve to increase our want to continue to stand worthy of hard work, commitment, and diligence, as we move onward toward comprehensive Unification:

 08//24/21- Updated Local Notables will appear in red: deceased persons in purple or royal blue. Jean Baptiste Pont DuSable Holmes, Cong. Danny K. Davis, Daylie (Daddy-O-Daylie), Minnie Riperton, Willie Wilson, Margaret T. Burroughs, Thomas Dorsey. Dorothy Tillman. Jennifer Hudson.

Marshall High School-  B ballers George Wilson, Jim Pitts, Darryl Stingley NFL, Darryl Minniefield, Ben Lilly, Richard Bradshaw, Louis Price (Temptations), Caleb Glover (New York Yankees), Eugene Ford, Milton Williams  Dan Davis, Jerome Freeman, Thomas Bush, Willie White, Chicago Crane High School, Terry Rice Chicago Farragut, Billy Harris Chicago Dunbar, Mario Brown Chicago Parker, Charles Cross Chicago Marshall, Bob Lackey Evanston Township High School.

                         Kenneth Hill

      I first learned of Kenneth Hill on WVON's Rufus Williams' talk show. Kenneth is the President and CEO of Chicago Pre- College Science and Engineering Program. Phenomenal, amazing, fantastic! Teaching K-12 schoolers high level math and science, et.al. concepts!. Should be funded by the goverment and by philanthropy. Go to: Chicago Pre- College Science and Engineering Program and research the site. View short videos of childen learning. Contact them for YOUR children! 

President Barak and Michelle Obama and family, Steve Harvey, Clay Evans, Tim Evans, Mark Aquirre, Edwin C. "Bill" Berry.Vernon Jarret, Lu Palmer. Harold Washington; Sam Cooke, Oscar DePriest, Lori Lightfoot, Eugene Sawyer, Bessie Coleman, Dinah Washington, Jesse Ownes, Jesse jackson Sr, Muhammad Ali, Elijah Muhummad, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Ralph Metcalfe Sr.and Jr., Dinah Washington, Mahalia Jackson, Bessie Coleman, Rickey Green, Nate "Sweet Water" Clifton, Kevin Porter,  Danny Crawford NBA referee, The Staple Singers, Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler, Tony Allen and Ken Norman Crane High school NBA'ers, Ramsey Lewis, Major Lance, Jim Tilmon- pilot, meteorologist, news broadcaster,  Pervis Spann (daughter Melody Spann-Cooper, S.B.Fuller, DJ Sam Chatman and daughter Samantha Chatman ( ABC Chicago investigative reporter), Herman Roberts, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, NBA'ersSonny-Jabari Parker, Kevin Garnett, Anthony Brown-20 year plus coach in NBA, Otis Armstrong, Mack Herron, , Donovan McNabb, Simeon Rice, Antoine Walker, Lloyd Walton Mt. Carmel High School NBAers; Yolanda Griffith Womens's WNBA Hall of famer, Cazzie Russell, Terry Cummings, Tim Hardaway Chicago NBA'ers-Carver High School; to be continued and updated.