CULTURETECHLENSCleopatra Draper
VERIFIED evidence grade — build store (JSON graph)
Combined Graph record U-07499 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6313.
Cleopatra Draper is a radio personality at WVON 1690 AM, Chicago's Black talk station, where she has worked in various capacities since 2019 and in January 2025 took the weekday midday slot (9 a.m.–12 noon), succeeding retired host Perri Small. She holds a master's in social work from the University of Illinois Chicago and founded Roses in Roseland, a nonprofit distributing household goods and groceries. She was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
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Cleopatra Draper is a radio personality at WVON 1690 AM, Chicago's Black talk station, where she has worked in various capacities since 2019 and in January 2025 took the weekday midday slot (9 a.m.–12 noon), succeeding retired host Perri Small. She holds a master's in social work from the University of Illinois Chicago and founded Roses in Roseland, a nonprofit distributing household goods and groceries. She was named to WVON's 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026.
Notes
STAGED EDGE: WVON (CTL-E-0179) hosted -> Draper, the schema's station-personality predicate, is staged from this pass's verified sources. Photo HELD: no Commons/LOC file located 2026-10-21. Namesake control: not Cleopatra Pendleton (CTL-E-4938), a different Chicago figure.
Relationships
- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers — related to
Named to the WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers Class of 2026 as Radio Personality, WVON.
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- WVON — hosted → this record
Sources
- WVON 40 Under 40 Game Changers, 'The Class of 2026,' 40gamechangers.com/gamechangers (accessed 2026-10-21): lists Cleopatra Draper as Radio Personality, WVON, among the 43 honorees named and pictured under the Class of 2026 heading. (primary source · build store)
- TALKERS Magazine, January 15, 2025 (accessed 2026-10-21): reports Draper's WVON service since 2019 in various capacities and her move to the weekday midday slot, succeeding Perri Small; notes her University of Illinois Chicago master's in social work. (build store)
- The Daily Line, candidate profile (accessed 2026-10-21): describes Draper as a WVON host and founder of the Roses in Roseland nonprofit. (build store)
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