The Stars Align for Kamala Harris in Chicago

“Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black, examines the issues, the candidates, and what’s at stake for Black America in the 2024 presidential election. CHICAGO — Democrats know how to put on a show. On Wednesday night, the United Center, home of the legendary Chicago Bulls, vibrated with the energy of a music concertas two powerful words resonated throughout the evening: freedom and joy.  The party put on more stars in one night than Republicans had in their weeklong convention in Milwaukee. Stevie Wonder, Oprah Winfrey, John Legend, Sheila E, presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, and SNL’s Kenan Thompson all took the stage. It could have been the NAACP Image Awards or a BET Juneteenth special, but it was the Democratic National Convention.  RELATED: Turn Down for What: The Obamas Unplugged In Chicago The Harris-Walz campaign also could have chosen a bland, politically safe lineup of artists to appeal to middle America, but we knew that wasn’t going to happen a month ago when Megan Thee Stallion brought her Hotties for Harris energy to Harris’ first rally in Georgia. So in Chicago, everything from Lil Jon rapping “Turn Out for What”  to the ubiquitous...