Yohance Lacour

Yohance is a Pulitzer Prize and Peabody Award-winning journalist, artist, and entrepreneur whose work amplifies marginalized voices, exposes systemic injustices, and inspires transformative change in the fight for Black Liberation. Born and raised on Chicago’s South Side, Yohance began his career as a playwright, journalist, and budding activist. His storytelling shed light on issues impacting Black communities and advocated for justice.

Yohance’s journey took a pivotal turn when he served a ten-year prison sentence, a period that profoundly shaped his perspective on race, identity, and systemic inequity. Upon release, he returned to journalism with the Invisible Institute’s Audio Team and Wrongful Conviction Unit, where he garnered national recognition for his acclaimed podcast, “You Didn’t See Nothin”, which revisits a 1997 hate crime and its aftermath to reveal deeper societal failures.

Beyond journalism, Yohance operates the luxury leather goods label, YJL and his mixed-media artwork is featured in permanent collections at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Dubuque Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.