Made in Chicago

By Blackmansstreet.Today | May 16, 2025

What do Pope Leo XIV, Barack Obama, and Michael Jordan have in common? They all hail from Chicago. Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope and the first Black pope since the Fifth Century, was born in Chicago. President Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president, was born in Hawaii, but he lived much of…

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Bridgeman reportedly buys a share of The Milwaukee Bucks

By Blackmansstreet.Today | October 26, 2024
A smiling man wearing glasses and a tie.

It is a homecoming of sorts for Junior Bridgeman.Ulysses Lee, “Junior,” Bridgeman, who owns Ebony and Jet magazines and many other properties, has agreed to purchase a piece of the Milwaukee Bucks, a team for which he played for 10 years and had his number retired.Bridgeman is buying a 10% stake in his former team,…

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Former Milwaukee Bucks player receives police settlement

By Blackmansstreet.Today | October 10, 2023
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Sterling Brown, a former player for the Milwaukee Bucks, whom Milwaukee cops beat for parking his car in two handicapped spaces at a Walgreens store, settled this week with the city, which agreed to pay Brown $750,000 for injuries he suffered.  The Milwaukee’s Office of the City Attorney and Milwaukee Common Council must still approve…

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