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In May 2023, Mwilambwe was named by Governor J. B. Pritzker to serve on the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board. [14] Mwilambwe announced in April 2024 he is running for re-election. [15] He is being challenged by former Illinois State Representative Dan Brady. [16] and current-serving city counsel Alderman Cody Hendricks
African Americans have significantly contributed to the history, culture, and development of Illinois since the early 18th century. The African American presence dates back to the French colonial era where the French brought black slaves to the U.S. state of Illinois early in its history, [3] and spans periods of slavery, migration, civil rights movement, and more.
Pages in category "African-American people in Illinois politics" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In February 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring the White Afrikaaner population oppressed people - in response to the 2024 Expropriation Act passed in South Africa, which allows confiscation of Afrikaner lands to redistribute to the black population. Trump declared that the US will be accepting Afrikaners as refugees. [18]
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The African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission in a commission created to determine whether or not the State of Illinois should award reparations to black people. [1] The commission can have up to 18 members, by law at least 3 members must be representatives of organizations that support reparations and at least 8 of the members must be ...
Final Illinois basketball 2024-25 record prediction Record: 20-11, 13-7 This projection seems to be a safe bet for a team that — given its coach and assemblage of talent — should grow into ...
African Americans in the Illinois General Assembly have had the longest uninterrupted presence in any state legislature in the United States, dating back to 1882. The first African American in the Illinois House of Representatives, John W. E. Thomas of Chicago, was elected in 1876, and after not being re-nominated in 1878 and 1880, returned to ...