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TOP LADIES OF DISTINCTION, INC.
LINCOLN PARK
LINCOLN PARK CHICAGO CHAP TER

LADY Shanita Baraka Akintonde, Lincoln Lady Shanita says, “I am honored to have
Park Chicago Chapter, has been named a a platform from which I can pay homage
columnist for one of the oldest and largest to two people in particular, my great
Black-owned media outlets in the country— grandmother, Lucille Jones and my mother,
The Chicago Defender. Lady Shanita was Mary Catherine Jones Whimper Bishop,
chosen as a member of a select group two beautiful, strong, caring Black women,
of 12 writers, whose literary topics range who lean forward to breathe air into my
from education to business; from religion lungs every day from their special seats up
to relationships. Lady Shanita’s column is in heaven. For a copy of her latest column,
entitled, On the Front Porch, and is based visit www.chicagoDefender.com. Or follow
on life lessons she learned while sitting on her on Twitter @SHAKINTONDE.
her Great Grandmother’s front porch in
Brinkley, Arkansas.

LORD Jimmy Akintonde, President & Founder,
UJAMAA Construction, Inc. has been named
as the primary builder of The Barack Obama
Presidential Center in Chicago. He is the 2017
Lord of the Year honoree for The Lincoln Park
Chicago Chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc.
Lord Jimmy’s team was selected due to
its impeccable reputation, commitment to
excellence and overall ability to get the job done
‘right.’
UJAMAA Construction, Inc. also recently
completed the renovation of the historic Carter
G. Woodson library in Chicago and has also been
tapped to build the new Englewood community
high school, providing opportunities for more
than 1,200 Teens in a magnificent state-of-the-
art facility on Chicago’s South Side. LPCC is very
proud of Lord Jimmy, but perhaps none more
so than Lady Shanita Akintonde (aka Michael
Jackson), Lord Jimmy’s wife of 21-years and
mother of their two sons, one of which is a Top
teen. Lady Shanita is a Charter member, First Vice
President and Senior Citizens Chair of Top Ladies
of Distinction, Inc. Lincoln Park Chicago Chapter.

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