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This episode of Chicago Stories traces the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s.

Jennifer Hudson loves to share uplifting quotes and affirmations to brighten up her audience’s day. Check out inspiring quotes from some of history’s greatest game-changers

Jennifer Hudson and her guests have so much fun on “The Jennifer Hudson Show,” sometimes there’s not enough time to show it all!

By inviting singers from around the world, the non-profit Opera for Peace hopes to develop greater diversity among performers of opera, and to inspire the next generation of opera audiences.

Local businessman Antonio Brown has given out over 1,500 books to area youth as part of the Barbershop Book Club.

She (Mary Ann Bednarek) opened her heart and home, welcoming my brother and me, and setting the stage for me to flourish.

For the sixth consecutive year, Arizona grandmother Wanda Dench will sit down to Thanksgiving with Jamal Hinton, a young man she initially invited by text, mistakenly thinking she was talking to her grandson.

Marian Anderson was an American contralto. She performed a wide range of music, from opera to spirituals. Anderson performed with renowned orchestras in major concert and recital venues throughout the United States and Europe between 1925 and 1965.

Do you cosplay? Mo Green, the owner of Mo's Parlor in Bellingham, believes that all bodies deserve to cosplay.

How did the Tuskegee Veterans Hospital spark the fury of the KKK? Tuskegee was established as the first and only Veterans Hospital to provide equitable healthcare to Black Veterans returning from WWI.

One man having a ball in Paris is none other than Snoop Dogg, the hip hop great who's a special NBC Olympics correspondent during the Paris games.

“The Jennifer Hudson Show” Legend Series is Jennifer Hudson’s opportunity to acknowledge music’s most influential artists, presenting them with a one-of-a-kind award honoring their amazing accomplishments.

All of our favorites from the hit '90s show "Sister, Sister" are in the house!

Vogue culture has been immortalized in shows and movies like “Pose” and “Paris is Burning.” The Vogue scene still thrives today in balls and competitive atmospheres for the queer community around the country.

The “Living Single” star looks back at 40 years in entertainment and unforgettable roles like the one and only Maxine Shaw.

Actor, comedian and author Whoopi Goldberg sits down with Seth Doane to discuss her memoir "Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me."