Part of the
![Oprah Gets Street Named After Her In Chicago [PHOTOS]](http://cdn.praiserichmond.com/files/2011/05/oprah-winfrey-street-200x120.jpg "Oprah Gets Street Named After Her In Chicago [PHOTOS]")
Oprah Winfrey officially has a street named after her. Chicago’s 100 block of North Carpenter Avenue, where her HARPO Studio sits, is now Oprah Winfrey Way.
Read More
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today that a Chicago law restricting handgun possession was unconstitutional.
Read More
President Barack Obama enjoyed all three when he brought his family home to Chicago for a long Memorial Day holiday weekend. It was the first family’s first sleepover at their red-brick home in more than a year.
Read More
Poet Maya Angelou has often visited St. Sabina Catholic Church on the South Side to read her poetry. This week, after a rash of shootings in Chicago, she once again joined Rev. Michael Pfleger and said “we have to stop this madness.”
Read More
In 1928 Oscar DePriest became the first African American congressman elected to the House of Representatives from a northern state and a national symbol for racial pride. Read more on Oscar DePriest here.
Read More
