CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY FIFTH THIRD BANK AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES, I AM BRANDIS FREEMAN AND THANKS FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT, A POWER STRUGGLE IN CITY COUNCIL AS OLDER OLDER PEOPLE REACHED A STALEMATE AND HOW THE EFFECTS CHICAGOANS.

>>> A NEW DOCK YOU SERIES SHINING A LIGHT ON THE KILLINGS OF 50 WOMEN IN CHICAGO.

>> BROWN IS NOT JUST BROWN.

LIGHT BROWN IS NOT JUST LIGHT BROWN.

>> AND A MAKEUP BRAND WITH STAYING POWER.HOW IN THE EGG OVER FOR COSMETIC FASHION FAIR IS KEEPING THE COMPANY FRESH FOR 40 YEARS.

>>> CHICAGO OLDER PEOPLE ARE AT ODDS OVER REDRAWING THAT THESE WARD MAP.

A PROCEDURE THAT HAPPENS EVERY 10 YEARS TO ACCOUNT FOR POPULATION CHANGES.

THE BIGGEST STICKING POINT IS THE BALANCE OF POWER BETWEEN LACKED AND AROUND CHICAGOANS.

IT WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MAJORITY OF BLACK WARDS FROM 18 TO 16 AND INCREASE THEM LATINO WARTS FROM 13 TO 15.

THE LATINO CAUCUS IS HOLDING FIRM AND NOT ACCEPTING FEWER THAN 15 WORDS.

THAT TRIGGERED FOR NOW THE FIRST PUBLIC REFERENDUM OF ITS KIND IN THE YEARS.

>> KNOWING THAT THIS ONCE IN A DECADE REMAP WAS COMING UP THIS YEAR THE LATINO CAUCUS COLLECTIVELY DECIDED MONTHS AGO THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THREE THINGS.

ADVOCATE FOR A FAIR MAP FOLLOWS THE CENSUS DATA, HAVE CONVERSATIONS AT PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WORK COLLABORATIVELY OUTSIDE OF OUR CAUCUS TO DRAW A FAIR MAP THAT FOLLOWED THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID.

>> CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS NOW HAVE UNTIL MID-MAY TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS AND AGREE ON A MAP OR IT WOULD BE UP TO THE PUBLIC IN JUNE.

JOINING IS NOW AS PART OF A SPECIAL CROSSOVER DISCUSSION CHICAGO TONIGHT TINO VOICES ARE CHAUNDRA VAN DYK ADVISORY OF CHICAGO REDISTRICTING LODGE BY CHANGE ILLINOIS.

ASYAHA BUTLER SEO OF INGLEWOOD RAGE.

JUAN MORADO JR.

MEMBER OF THE LATINO COALITION AND ROBERT VARGAS PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

WELCOME YOU ALL TO CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES.

CHAUNDRA VAN DYK LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

YOU ARE PART OF CREATING THE PEOPLE'S MAP ANOTHER MAP BACKED BY CHICAGO RESIDENTS.

IT DID NOT YET HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE 10 OLDER PEOPLE IT WOULD NEED BUT IT WOULD CREATE 15 MAJORITY LACKED WARDS, 15 LATINO WARTS AND ONE ASIAN AMERICAN WARD.

WHY DO YOU BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST OPTION FOR THE CITY COMMIT.

>> ULTIMATELY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE'S MAP HAS 37 MAJORITY WARDS WAR THAN ANY OTHER MAP PROPOSAL.IT WAS THE FIRST MAP TO EMPOWER THE ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY BY DRAFTING THE FIRST ASIAN WARD AND SHOWING IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE SUCH.

IT'S THE ONLY MAP PROPOSAL THAT WAS CRATED WITH INPUT FROM RESIDENTS FROM THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND DRAWN FROM THE PUBLIC SIDE.

>> JUAN MORADO JR. WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON THE MAP THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED BY THE LATINO CAUCUS, PRESENTED BY THE PLANNING COUNCIL?

>> I WILL TELL YOU IN CONCEPT YOUR ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE OF 15 GEORDIE WARDS IN THE CITY.

SO, WE LIKE THE IDEA THAT THIS MAP 'S FORWARD BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WE ALSO LIKE THE IDEA THAT IT'S EQUITABLE ACROSS THE CITY.

IT CREATES THIS GENRE DESCRIBING THE FIRST ASIAN-AMERICAN MAJORITY WARD WHICH IS LONG OVERDUE.

IT ALSO ENSURES THERE ARE STRONGER LACKED MAJORITY WARDS THROUGHOUT CHICAGO WELL KEEPING COMMUNITIES INTACT.

>> IF THE BLACK CAUCUS IS GOING DOWN FROM 18 TO 15 IN THE LATEST WARD MAP PROPOSED PREVIOUSLY THEY WERE WILLING TO GIVE UP ONE WARD.

THE LATINO CAUCUS BE MEETING THEM HALFWAY IF THEY WERE TO AGREE TO 14 MAJORITY WARDS AS THE BLACK CAUCUS PROPOSES?

>> I DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH THAT IS MEETING US HALFWAY IS LEAVING SOMETHING ON THE TABLE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAKEUP OF THE CITY WITH THE LATINOS MAKING UP 30 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IN VIEWING THE CIVIL MAP WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE 15 MAJORITY WARDS IN THE CITY WHERE LATINOS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT AN INDIVIDUAL THAT CAN BEST REPRESENT THEM IN MANY CASES WE HOPE IT'S GOING TO BE A LATINO.

>> ASYAHA BUTLER YOUR ORGANIZATION DID NOT ENDORSE THE PEOPLE'S MAP, WHY NOT COMMIT.

>> WE HAVE OVER 400 MEMBERS WHO HAVE THEIR OWN VERY STRONG OPINIONS AND VOICES.

THE PEOPLE'S MAP PUTS INGLEWOOD INTO ONE ACTUAL WARD.

SOME OF OUR MEMBERS BEFORE THAT, SOME OF THEM WERE HIGHLY AGAINST THAT SO WE JUST COULD NOT COME UP TO SAY TOGETHER THAT WE CAN ENDORSE THE PEOPLE'S MAP.

WE HAVE HAD A VILLAGE MEETING, HE PRAISED THE PROCESS WE ENJOYED THE PROCESS WITH THEM BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE COULD NOT HAVE THE ORGANIZATION ENDORSE IT.

>> AND ASYAHA ARE THERE CONCERNS IN THE COMMUNITY AS THE BLACK REPRESENTATION IN CITY COUNCIL BEING REDUCED?

>> IT IS.

IT'S A REALITY FOR RESIDENTS IN GENERAL.

I THINK ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS LIVING IN WEST INGLEWOOD ALREADY ARE SEEING THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHANGING.

THEY ALREADY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE LOSING SOME FOOTING IN WEST INGLEWOOD.

I THINK THE IDEA NOT EVEN KNOWING THE FACTS OR THE MAP OF THE POPULATION, IS THE IDEA THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE REPRESENTED THE WAY THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TASTE ON OUR CALCULATION SO, WE HAVE SOME ALDERMEN THAT SOME OF OUR MEMBERS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH AND HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH AND THE THREAT OF POSSIBLY LOSING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND THAT ACTUAL WARD IS A CONCERN.

>> ROBERT VARGAS AND WANT TO BRING YOU IN STARKLY SPEAKING HAVING ALDERMEN OF THE SAME RACE REPRESENTING THAT MAJORITY OF CONSTITUENTS HAS THAT ALWAYS BETTER SERVE THE GROUPS INTEREST?

>> IT'S BEEN MIXED.

VERY MIXED.

IN THE 1960S WHEN AS A RESULT OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT WHEN MAYOR DALEY CREATED A BLACK MAJORITY WARD IN THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE THOSE WARDS WERE DRAWN IN WAYS TO HELP THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO OPPOSED CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND OPPOSE THE CIVIL RIGHTS IN MARTIN LUTHER KING.

UNFORTUNATELY BLACK VERSUS LATINO HAS BEEN USED IN WAYS TO HIDE OTHER INTEREST THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE PUTTING FORTH AND ENACTING WITH THE MAPS THEY ARE DRAWING.

>> CHANDRA, WHAT IS THIS, MAYBE IT'S A DISPUTE BETWEEN THE BLACK AND WHITE CAUCUSES HOW DOES IT GET RESOLVED?

>> ULTIMATELY WE THINK THAT RAY SHOULD BE SECONDARY IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT MOST DIFFICULT FOR RESIDENT TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS BASIC NEEDS AND FORCES.

THEY THOUGHT THAT THE COMMISSION THAT CRATED THE PEOPLE'S MAP WAS BEST TO GET THE INPUT OF THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE CITIES AND NO AND UNDERSTAND BOUNDARIES THAT MAKE UP THEIR COMMUNITY.

THEY SHOULD HAVE A VOICE IN THAT PROCESS.

ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION CREATED WITH THE RESIDENT SO THEY COULD HAVE A VOICE IN HOW THEIR COMMUNITIES ARE CREATED.

>> IF THIS GOES TO A VOTE, WILL PEOPLE GO OUT TO VOTE SO IT TRULY IS A PEOPLE'S MAP?

>> WE ARE DEFINITELY LIVING IN A REVOLUTIONARY TIME.

PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED DIFFERENTLY.

NOT ONLY AROUND VOTER EMPOWERMENT BUT WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE WORKED TO CREATE QUALITY OF LIFE LANDS AND COME TOGETHER TO DEVELOP ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN HAVE A VOICE AND HOW THEIR COMMUNITY IS FUNCTIONING TO THE CONDITION OF THEIR COMMUNITY, THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIFE.

I BELIEVE 100 PERCENT THAT IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO WILL VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE'S MAP BECAUSE IT STRIVES TO KEEP COMMUTE IS WHOLE AND EMPOWER RATHER THAN NOT HAVING A VOICE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

>> ASYAHA BUTLER THE CENSUS SHOWED SIGNIFICANT SHIFT IN CHICAGO'S DEMOGRAPHIC PAIRED THE BLACK POPULATION IS SMALLER THAN THE LATINO POPULATION 28.7 PERCENT COMPARED TO TWEEN 9.9 PERCENT.

DUTIES POPULATION CHANGES, SHOULD THEY NOT REFLECTED IN THE WARDS?

>> I DEFINITELY AGREE IT SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE WARD.

IT IS INEVITABLE THAT WE HAVE THIS HERE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND WE CANNOT IGNORE THE FACT THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO HAS NOT BEEN IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF BLACK PEOPLE IS WHY THEY ARE LEAVING.

IT IS A REALITY AND WE ARE EVER-CHANGING WE ARE AN EVER-CHANGING CITY AND YOU CANNOT DENY THE CENSUS.

THE POPULATION CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY, WE, OUR COMMUNITY LOST THE MOST AFRICAN-AMERICANS OUT OF ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES.

SO IT'S HARD FOR US.

WE WERE A 99 PERCENT MOST 100 PERCENT AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AND NOW WE ARE 94 PERCENT.

THINK THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO CHANGE.

>> OBVIOUSLY NOT AN UNCOMPLICATED DISCUSSION WHICH IS WHY WE ARE HAVING THIS SPECIAL EDITION OF CHICAGO TONIGHT LATINO VOICES AND BLACK VOICES CROSS CONVERSATION.

SURE TO TUNE IN FOR MORE THIS EXPANDED CONVERSATION INCLUDING HOW GERRYMANDERING IMPACTS COMMUNITIES AND WHITE CAN SOMETIMES BE HARMFUL.

OF COURSE OUR THANKS TO CHAUNDRA VAN DYK, ASYAHA BUTLER, JUAN MORADO JR. AND ROBERT VARGAS.

>>> IN A NEW DOCK YOU SERIES IS BRINGING NATIONAL ATTENTION TO THE UNSOLVED HOMICIDES OF DOZENS OF CHICAGO WOMEN.

"THE HUNT FOR THE CHICAGO STRANGLER", A THREE-PART DOCUSERIES AUGUST ON THE DISAPPEARANCES OF AT LEAST 51 CHICAGO WOMEN WHO WERE ALL FOUND STRANGLED FROM 2001 TO 2018.

IT'S NOW STREAMING ON DISCOVERY PLUS.

HERE'S A LOOK AT EPISODE ONE.

>> I THINK THE REST OF THE WORLD NEEDS TO HEAR CHICAGO IN THE FIRST THING YOU THINK ABOUT IS CRIME, MURDER AND MAYHEM.

NO ONE'S REALLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE 50 MURDERS OF 50 WOMEN THAT THE CITY HAS LOST.

>> ARE SISTERS WAS FOUND DEAD HERE.

PRAXIS IS A DIRTY ALLEY WITH GARBAGE CANS BACK HERE.

>> WERE TALKING ABOUT WOMEN WHO WERE RUN IN THE TRASH AND FOUND IN ABANDONED BUILDINGS.

HORRORS.

AND NOT IN THE NEWS.

>> MOST OF THE WOMEN WHO WERE KILLED WERE BLACK IN THE CASES LARGELY IGNORED BY THE MEDIA.

ACTIVISTS HAVE CALLED ON POLICE AND THE MEDIA TO PAY MORE ATTENTION ARGUING THERE'S A SERIAL KILLER OR SERIAL KILLERS ON THE LOOSE.

JOINING US ARE JENNIFER ANISTON, REVEREND HOOD AND THEY BEEN READING ABOUT THESE STORIES FOR YEARS.

JENNIFER ANDERSON, LET'S START WITH YOU.

WHY DID YOU WANT TO CREATE THIS TALK YOU SERIES?

>> WELL, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY.

I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT PORTION OF IT, I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.

THE PRODUCTION COMPANY, ENTERTAINMENT ONE WORKED ON THIS FOR ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE I CAME ON BOARD AND I CAME ON BOARD WHEN DISCOVERY CREATED THE SERIES BUT I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT AND YOU KNOW, WHEN DISCOVERY GREEN LED THE SERIES ABOUT YEAR AND AND A HALF AGO THIS COUNTRY WAS HAVING LONG OVERDUE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT RACE AND SYSTEMIC RACISM AND BLACK WOMEN IN PARTICULAR AND HOW THEIR MURDERS OR WHEN THEY GO MISSING THEIR CASES DO NOT GET THE SAME ATTENTION AS OTHER CASES.

SO IT REALLY, I GUESS I ALWAYS KNEW I WANTED TO DO THIS SERIES BUT IT REALLY DID SEEM LIKE IT WAS SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOMETHING BACK INTO PUT SOMETHING INTO THE OVERALL CONVERSATION.

>> TO SHED A LIGHT ON SOMETHING THAT HAD NOT BEEN DISCUSSED, IT SOUNDS LIKE?

>> BEVERLY REED-SCOTT WHY DO YOU THINK THESE CASES HAVE GONE UNSOLVED FOR SO LONG?

>> UNFORTUNATELY, IN OUR SOCIETY NOT JUST CHICAGO, IN THE UNITED STATES BLACK WOMEN ARE THE LEAST OF US.

SO WHEN CRIME HAPPENS AS HORRIFIC AS WHAT HAS OCCURRED OVER THESE 20 YEARS THAT THESE LADIES.

[INDISCERNABLE] AND THERE WAS NO OUTRAGE, IF THEY WERE WHITE WOMEN THEY WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY BROUGHT OUT ALL OF THE STOPS.

WE ARE THE LEAST AND THE LAST BUT I HOPE WITH THIS DOCUSERIES WE CAN DEMONSTRATE OUR HUMANITY AND INSIST ON HAVING JUSTICE FOR THESE LADIES.

>> THE DOCUSERIES HIGHLIGHTS THE STORY OF NANCY WALKER.

ONE OF THE AT LEAST 51 WOMEN FOUND STRANGLED.

SHE WAS FOUND IN 2002 AND THERE'S A MOMENT IN THE DOCUSERIES THAT HIGHLIGHTS HOW THE MEDIA HANDLED HER DISAPPEARANCE AT THE TIME.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.

>> OF THE REPORTER SAID TO ME BECAUSE THEY KNOW ME, IF YOU WEREN'T INVOLVED WE WOULDN'T HAVE COME TO COVER IT.

>> EXACTLY.

>> THIS IS THE TIME OF THE PETERSON.

MY SISTER WAS MISSING AT THE SAME EXACT TIME THAT LACEY PETERSON WAS MISSING.

>> LACEY PETERSON AT THE TIME HAD NO CONNECTION WHATSOEVER TO CHICAGO BUT SOMEHOW A WHITE WOMAN IN CALIFORNIA GETS TO BE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF A CHICAGOAN NEWSPAPER BUT A BLACK WOMAN FROM CHICAGO IS AT THE BACK OF THE NEWSPAPER.

IF WOMAN LIKE LACEY PETERSON WAS ON PAGE 1 OF CHICAGO NEWSPAPERS AND NANCY WAS ON PAGE 57.

>> REV.

ROBIN HOOD, DO YOU THINK THERE IS PROGRESS AND HOW BLACK WOMEN ARE COVERED TODAY?

>> THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY CHANGE PAIRED WERE IN THE SAME PLACE WE WERE IN 1999 WHEN THESE BODIES CAME UP MISSING AND DEAD AND THE WOMEN CAME UP DEAD.

THE MOVEMENT IS STARTING TO HAPPEN AND I BELIEVE THIS DOCUSERIES IS GOING TO ELEVATE THAT MOVEMENT.

THE ONE THING I UNDERSTAND IS THAT IF YOU PUT A LOT OF LIGHT ON SOMETHING EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE SEEN.

THAT'S WHY THIS DOCUSERIES WAS SO IMPORTANT TO MEET BECAUSE DISCOVERY PLUS DID EXACTLY WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.

THEY PUT THE CAMERAS ON AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.

>> REV.

ROBIN HOOD YOU SAY THE COVER TO IS NOT QUITE THE SAME DO THINK THERE'S BEEN MOVEMENT AS OF LATE?

I KNOW THE RADIO STATION HERE HAS STARTED THEIR OWN COVERAGE AND HBO DID BLACK AND MISSING AND THIS ONE BY DISCOVERY PLUS.

ARE YOU SEEING ANY MOVEMENT AND TRACTION?

>> RIGHT NOW THE ONLY MOVEMENT IS THAT THE FBI IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CPD TECH TIPS.

MY HOPE IS THAT CBD LEARN SOMETHING FROM THEM.

SOME OF THIS WORK WE HAD TO DO, WE HAD TO GO AND LITERALLY FORCE THE STATE TO ACCEPT RAPID DNA.

WE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE THE FBI HAS IT.

THE ARMED FORCES HAVE RAPID DNA, YOU CAN GET THE ANSWER IN 45, 60 MINUTE.

SO, THAT'S THE ONLY MOVEMENT I'VE SEEN HERE AS OF LATE.

BUT, THE JURY IS STILL OUT WERE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WHILE WE WERE STILL DOING THE WORK.

>> JENNIFER AS DIRECTOR OF THE STOCK YOU SERIES WHAT YOU WANT VIEWERS TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE STORIES OF THESE WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES?

>> I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE THESE WOMEN AS THE REAL HUMAN BEINGS THAT THEY WERE.

I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO EXPERIENCE THE PROLONGED GRIEF THAT THE FAMILIES ARE EXPERIENCING.

I THINK YOU KNOW, THESE WOMEN ARE NOT JUST A NAME ON A SPREADSHEET OR A FILE.

THEY HAD REAL LIVES AND WE ARE MISSING SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DESERVE JUSTICE JUST AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE DOES.

>> BEVERLY REED-SCOTT HOW CAN ACTIVISTS LIKE YOURSELF WORK WITH POLICE TO SOLVE THESE CASES THERE IS TENSION IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THESE WOMEN COME FROM AND THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT PATROL THEM.

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION AND WHAT I HAVE TRIED TO DO IN MY WORK WHICH I CONSIDERED TO BE MORE OF A CALLING THEN ACTIVISM IS TO GO, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CHIEF OF DETECTIVES, BRENDAN DENA HAND TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THE HUMANITY OF THESE LADIES IS WHAT IS PLACED IN FRONT OF HIM.

NOT THE ANGER, BUT TO OPEN HIS MIND AND HIS HEART SO THAT HE VIEWS THESE LADIES IN THE SAME WAY THAT HE WOULD VIEW OTHER LADIES THAT GET THAT KIND OF ATTENTION LIKE DESIREE SAID ABOUT LACEY PETERSON.

I WANT TO BRING SOME LIGHTS, SOUL AND ASSISTANCE THAT WE BE ELEVATED TO OUR RIGHTFUL PLACE AS BLACK WOMEN.

>> BEFORE YOU GO I WANT TO ASK YOU AND REV.

ROBIN HOOD NOW THESE CASES ARE GETTING ATTENTION NATIONWIDE ARE YOU HOPEFUL THERE WILL BE SOME RESOLUTION?>> I HAVE A STRONG EXPECTATION THAT THERE WILL BE RESOLUTION.

THERE'S SOME STRONG LEADS RIGHT NOW AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE SERIES AND I HAVE THAT TENACIOUS IN US BECAUSE I'M GOING TO STAY WITH IT UNTIL IT'S RESOLVED.

>> THAT'S A GOOD TEASE TO GET PEOPLE TO WATCH THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

REV.

ROBIN HOOD SAME QUESTION TO YOU ARE YOU HOPEFUL FOR RESOLUTION?

>> YES.

OUR YOUNG FOLKS ARE HERE.

TOMORROW WERE DOING A PRESS CONFERENCE BEFORE THE VIEWING AND IT'S GOING TO BE YOUNG FOLKS.

ALWAYS CHILDREN YOUNG FOLKS ARE READY FOR WAR AND OLD MEN LIKE ME ARE READY FOR COUNSEL.

AND, THEY ARE NOT GOING AWAY.

>> I'M SURE THEY WILL BE COMING TO YOU FOR SOME COUNSEL.

UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE OUT OF TIME.

THANK YOU TO THE THREE OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THERE'S MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES AHEAD, SO STAY WITH US.

>> MANY BLACK WOMEN MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE COSMETICS RAN, FASHION FAIR FOUNDED BY EUNICE JOHNSON WIFE OF JOHN JOHNSON BEHIND EBONY MAGAZINE.

THOUGH THE PUBLISHING HOUSE IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE OWNERSHIP HAS GIVEN FASHION FAIR ITS OWN MAKEOVER AND RETURNED IT TO STORE SHELVES.

WITH NAMES LIKE CHOCOLATE DARLING, CARAMEL FRESH AND BROWN SUGAR BABE IS CLEAR WHO THESE SHADES ARE FOR.

FROM FOUNDATION TO LIP COLOR.

>> I AM WEARING FINE CHESTNUT.

>> GRACE IS MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE.

>> THIS LIPSTICK I HAVE ON IS AFRICAN VIOLET.

>> THIS COSMETIC BRAND ONCE WOMEN OF COLOR TO KNOW IT'S TIME TO REAPPLY.

>> WE STARTED 56 YEARS AGO.

WE WERE IF NOT THE FIRST CLOSE TO THE FIRST AND WE HAVE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON DARKER SKIN TONES.

IT WASN'T NOVEL, IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE THOUGHT LIKE WOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE COOL TO DO LET'S BE CLINICALLY CORRECT.

IT DIDN'T EXIST.

>> FOUNDED IN 1973 BY EUNICE JOHNSON OF JOHNSON PUBLISHING RATION CARE CATERED TO BLACK WOMEN COULD AFFORD THE COSMETICS STORE PRICES THAT COULD HELP THEIR SKIN TONE.

>> FOR ME IT WAS MY FIRST MAKEUP, THE FIRST MAKEUP MY MOTHER ALLOWED ME TO USE AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL IN ANY GIRLS LIFE.

WHEN WERE YOUNG WE WANT TO WEAR SOMETHING.

>> PACKAGED IN ICONIC PINK TUBES IN CASES THE BRAND WAS SEEN ON HUNDREDS OF FASHION FAIR MODELS OVER THE YEARS BUT AS JOHNSON PUBLISHING FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY IN 2019 IT SOLD FASHION FAIR TO FORMER EXECUTIVES, DESIREE ROVERS AND CHERYL MAYBERRY McKISSACK.THE TWO WOMEN SCOOPED IT UP WITH PLANS OF RETURNING IT TO ITS FORMER GLORY.

>> THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE HISTORICAL LEGACY THAT FASHION FAIR HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR AROUND THE WORLD AND CERTAINLY ALL THE WORK THAT MRS. JOHNSON DID BRINGING FASHION FAIR INTO THE MARKETPLACE IT'S WONDERFUL YET A LITTLE BIT SCARY BECAUSE THERE IS A HISTORY AND A LEGACY AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE DO IT RIGHT.

>> CHICAGO NATIVE AND CELEBRITY MAKEUP ARTIST RETURNED TO HELP DEVELOP THE PRODUCT.

>> WHAT IS BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THE NEW SHADES IS THAT THERE IS A RANGE OF NEW SHADES.

>> TODAY'S FASHION FAIR IS VEGAN AND HAS ADDITIVES LIKE VITAMIN C AND GREEN TEA EXTRACT TO PROVIDE SKIN CARE BENEFITS.

A RANGE OF LIPSTICKS AND FOUNDATIONS IN NEW LEGACY COLORS ARE CREATED IN WHITE AND GOLD PACKAGING PURCHASED ON THE SHELVES OF SEPHORA INSTEAD OF DEPARTMENT STORE COUNTERS.

>> DING ABLE TO SAY THAT YOU CAN GO TO THIS GONDOLA AND TRY SOMETHING FOR YOUR COUSIN, YOUR SISTER AND YOUR AUNTS, I THINK IS UNIQUE BECAUSE MANY OF THE BRANDS EVEN IN THEIR SHADE EXTENSION DON'T REALLY SPEAK TO THE NUANCES OF COLORING THAT.

>> Guest: US SO BEAUTIFULLY.

>> FASHION FAIR'S COMEBACK ARRIVES AT A TIME WHEN WOMEN OF COLOR HAVE FAR MORE CHASES THAN IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY.

HERITAGE BRANDS HAVE EXTENDED THEIR LINES TO INCLUDE DARKER SHADES AND RIHANNA'S ALL-INCLUSIVE 50 UTE LINE HAS OLD ENOUGH TO TURN THE POPSTAR INTO A BILLIONAIRE BUSINESS MOGUL.

>> THIS IS A QUICK WAY TO MAKE MY EYES LOOK INSTANTLY BRIGHTER.>> RICHARD CHURCH SHOWED THAT BLACK WOMEN ALONE SPENT $23 BILLION IN 2020 DOWN FROM 1.7 BILLION IN 2019 LIKELY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

THE OWNERS SAY THAT FRESH FACES CAN GET TO KNOW IT NOW.

>> IT REALLY IS ABOUT US BILLY FOCUSING A WOMAN WITH DARKER SKIN TONES.

AS OUR NUMBER 1 FOCUS WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ELSE.

>> THE TEAM ALSO OWNS BLACK OPAL COSMETIC DEDICATED TO BLACK WOMEN AS WELL SOLD IN DRUG STORES.

>>> THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEKEND.

IF YOU'RE WATCHING US AND SATURDAY NIGHT THAT YOU CAN CATCH CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES AND LATINO VOICES ON SUNDAYS BEGINNING AT 10 PM.

JOIN ME AND PARIS SCHUTZ NEXT WEEK AS 7:00 FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES, I AM BRANDIS FREEMAN.

THANKS FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY HEALTHY, STAY SAFE AND HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.