>>> THANKS FOR JOINING CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THIS IS WHAT WERE LOOKING AT.

CHILD BIRTH IS DEADLY FOR BLACK FAMILIES NO MATTER THEIR INCOME ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH.

A PODCAST TAKES A DEEP DIVE INTO 1997 HATE CRIME IN SOUTHSIDE, BRIDGEPORT.

>>> HOW TO ENTER CIA SPONSORED CONTEST TO WIN MAKE UP SPACE FOR YOUR SCHOOL.

>>> NEW SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP WITH THE SUPPORT OF CITY COLLEGE STUDENTS ON THEIR WAY TO BECOMING COMMUNITY LEADERS.

>>>, TONIGHT, WE TAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME WITH HELP FROM THE GREEN BOOK.

>> ALL OF THAT COMING UP.

>>> THE FIRST STORY TONIGHT, WHY CHILDBIRTH MUCH DEADLIER FOR BLACK WOMEN.

NEW RESEARCH RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

>>> CHILDBIRTH IS DEADLIER FOR BLACK FAMILIES THAN IT IS FOR WHITE FAMILIES.

EVEN FOR BLACK FAMILIES WITH HIGH INCOME.

THIS NEARLY DECADE-LONG STUDY FROM NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH LOOKED AT CALVIN IN FINDING BABIES BORN TO THE RICHEST BLACK WOMEN WERE STILL MORE LIKELY TO DIE THAN BABIES BORN TO THE POOREST WHITE WOMEN.

HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS RESEARCH AND WHY THE DIFFERENCE IS SO STARK, DR. COLLIER.

PROFESSOR OF OBSTETRICS AND GUN ECOLOGY AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO.

AND FOUNDER AND LEAD STEWART AT THE CHICAGO SOUTHSIDE BIRTH CENTER AND LEADER IN RESIDENTS AT CHICAGO BEYOND.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

DR. COLLIER , LET'S START WITH YOU.

WHAT DOES THIS REPORT TELL YOU ?

>> IT TELLS US MORE OF WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW.

BLACK WOMEN ARE DOING WORSE WHEN IT COMES TO MORTALITY WHEN IN THE HOSPITAL.

WHAT IT TELLS US ALSO, YOU CAN'T ASSUME IT IS BECAUSE OF SOCIAL ECONOMIC .

THIS IS SOMETHING BAKED IN THE CAKE.

THAT MEANS IT HAS LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS WHY THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

>> YOU WOULD THINK WITH HIGHER INCOME YOU HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND THE VITAMINS, EVERYTHING THAT WOULD LEAD TO A BETTER HEALTH OUTCOME.

>> BUT IT DOESN'T.

>> WHY NOT?

>> THE OBVIOUS THING IS RACISM.

I THINK BLACK WOMEN, BLACK PEOPLE ARE UNDERGOING RACISM IN ALL SHADES AND ALL TYPES OF PLACES, WHERE THEY LIVE, WHERE THEY WORK , ACCESS TO GOOD FOOD, GROCERY STORES.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CENTURIES OLD, DECADES OLD AND WILL NOT CHANGE IN THIS LAST CENTURY OR PERIOD OF TIME WHERE PEOPLE GET TO BE A LITTLE MORE SUCCESSFUL.

>> RESEARCHERS ARE CONCERNED THE STUDY COULD BE UNDERSTATEMENT BECAUSE CALIFORNIA MORTALITY RATE THE CLIMBING OVER THE LAST DECADE WHILE DEATHS HAVE GONE UP IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.

JANINE, HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE THE DISPARITY IN CHICAGO?

>> LOOKING AT THE SEGREGATION IN CHICAGO AND LACK OF ACCESS TO FOOD, STRESSING THE COMMUNITY, SOME OF WHICH ARE INTENTIONAL.

RACISM , LACK OF ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION TO EVEN GET THE HEALTHCARE FACILITIES.

IN 2019, FIVE HOSPITALS CLOSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO.

WE ARE SEEING THE SAME NUMBERS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN CALIFORNIA WORSE IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND CITIES.

>> FIVE HOSPITALS CLOSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE SINCE 2019 INCLUDING THREE YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC.

DR. COLLIER, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HEALTH RISKS MOTHERS AND BABIES ARE IN DANGER OF THAT LEAD TO MORTALITY ?

>> ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WE SEE, HIGHER RISK OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND HYPERTENSION.

THEY HAVE HIGHER RISK OF PREECLAMPSIA, THAT LEADS TO HIGHER RISK FOR C-SECTION .

ALONGSIDE THAT, THE HAVE A HIGHER RISK OF THINGS LIKE DIABETES.

THOSE THINGS GIVE US THE DECREASED MORBIDITY MORTALITY FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE PRETERM, PREMATURITY , COMORBIDITY WITH THAT.

ALSO, COMORBIDITY THAT GOES WITH THE MOM HAVING THE COMPLICATIONS FROM THOSE THINGS.

>> JANINE, YOU ARE A MIDWIFE.

EXPLAINED THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR SERVICES, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU ARE A BLACK PROFESSIONAL.

>> YES.

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, I SEE FOLKS DURING THEIR PREGNANCY, BIRTH, ALSO PROVIDE SOME PRIMARY CARE AS WELL AS FAMILY-PLANNING AND WELLNESS CARE , PAP SMEARS AND THINGS.

IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I WALK INTO A ROOM, NUMBER ONE , I'VE NEVER SEEN A BLACK PROVIDER BEFORE.

I HAVE TRAVELED VERY FAR JUST TO SEE YOU BECAUSE IF I HAVE MY BABY WITH YOU, WE ARE LESS LIKELY TO DIE.

>> TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TO SOUTHSIDE, YOU MENTIONED DESERTS.

THERE CAN BE BERTHING DESERTS AS WELL.

TELL ME ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT HAS ON SOMEONE WHO IS PREGNANT .

>> RIGHT.

WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A FACILITY IN YOUR COMMUNITY OR A FACILITY , MANY TIMES I SEE PEOPLE , I CANNOT GO TO THE HOSPITAL , MY GRANDMOTHER DIED, MY UNCLE DIED, I DON'T TRUST THE PROVIDERS THERE.

YOU ARE HAVING PEOPLE PIECEMEAL IN HERE TOGETHER, THEY GO TO THE ER HERE, A CLINIC THERE.

THERE IS NO CONTINUITY OF CARE SETTINGS CAN BE MISSED, APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MISSED FOR LACK OF TRANSPORTATION.

PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE AND COMFORTABLE AND TRUST THE PROVIDERS, THEY ARE NOT WILLING TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO THEM.

THEY ARE NOT EATING OR THE PAIN THEY ARE HAVING OR FEELINGS.

>> THERE IS ALSO CULTURAL COMPONENT BEING COMFORTABLE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I WENT TO ANOTHER MIDWIFE, I WENT TO THE DOCTOR , I WILL TELL YOU -- >> IT IS JUST US GIRLS.

>> DR. COLLIER, WHAT ARE THE FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO BERTHING COMPLICATIONS OUTSIDE HOSPITAL INTERACTION ?

>> I THINK WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THIS ACCESS, MAKING SURE YOU HAVE REGULAR CARE.

MAKING SURE YOU ARE ABLE TO GET TO THE HOSPITAL IN TIME.

MAKING SURE YOU HAVE A PHARMACY YOU CAN REGULARLY GO TO TO GET THE MEDICATION YOU NEED.

MAKING SURE YOU GET TO AN APPOINTMENT THAT YOU NEED RIGHT AWAY, MAYBE YOUR APPOINTMENT FOUR WEEKS AWAY BUT YOU NEED TO SEE THE DOCTOR IN A WEEK.

THAT IS WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE DESERTS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS AND PATIENCE ARE NOT DRIVING OR TAKING A BUS.

AFTERLIFE ON A RIDE.

THAT IMPACTS HOW OFTEN THEY GET INTO CS.

ALL OF THAT IMPACT THEM HAVING THE REGULAR CARE THAT THEY NEED BECAUSE THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT.

BUT IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP, THEY DON'T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE ACCESS.

>> WE OFTEN REFERENCE SERENA WILLIAMS, HOW SHE HAD HER OWN COMPLICATIONS AND HAD TO SPEAK GOT TO GET THE PROFESSIONALS AROUND HER WHEN DELIVERING HER BABY TO LISTEN.

JANINE, WORKING TO OPEN THE SOUTHSIDE BIRTHING CENTER, HOWDY HOPE THE CENTER CHANGES THE LANDSCAPE OF MATERNAL CARE IN CHICAGO ?

>> ONE FAMILY EXCITED ABOUT, THE BIRTHING CENTER IS COMMUNITY FOCUSED.

I LIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, CLIENTS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE, I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING, COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

THE WESTSIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, I REMEMBER AFTERMATH OF GEORGE FLOYD MURDER , GROCERY STORES WORK CLOSE.

PEOPLE HAD ISSUES WITH TRANSPORTATION GETTING TO THE CLINIC.

WE ARE AWARE OF THAT, DOING HOME VISITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT IS REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THAT CARE TO FOLKS THAT LOOK LIKE ME AND VICE VERSA.

I THINK THAT IS REALLY EXCITING.

>> JUST A FEW SECONDS, DR. COLLIER, WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE ?

>> INCREASE ACCESS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE PEOPLE THAT NEED CARE.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING PROVIDERS THAT REFLECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS THEY ARE IN.

WE NEED TO GO INTO HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AND REALLY HELP GET OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS BACK INTO MEDICINE AND NURSING .

BECOME MIDWIVES.

WE KNOW PATIENTS TO BETTER WHEN THEY LOOK LIKE THE PHYSICIANS THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF THEM.

THEY DO BETTER WITH BLACK PHYSICIANS AND VICE VERSA.

>> A LOT OF WORK.

MY THANKS TO YOU FOR JOINING US.

>>> UP NEXT, RESOURCE FOR BLACK DRIVERS DURING THE JIM CROW ERA.

>>> IT WAS A CRITICAL RESOURCE FOR BLACK DRIVERS TRAVELING THE COUNTRY DURING THE JIM CROW ERA.

NOW THE GREEN BOOK IS THE SUBJECT OF A TRAVELING EXHIBIT OF THE SMITHSONIAN AND CITY ON DISPLAY AT THE ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM .

IT ELICITS WHAT IT WAS LIKE DRIVING WHILE BLACK ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.

HERE IS ANGEL IDOWU.

>> OLD JIM CROW WON'T LET PEOPLE LIKE US -- >> Reporter: DRIVING WHILE BLACK , ESPECIALLY DURING THE JIM CROW ERA WAS NOT SAFE FOR BLACK AMERICANS.

>> YOU MAY HAVE HAD A MAP BUT THE MAP DID NOT HAVE DETAIL IF THE TOWN YOU'RE GOING TO IS A SON DOWNTOWN.

IF YOU ARE SERVED AT A RESTAURANT IF YOU HAVE TO ENTER THROUGH THE BACK DOOR.

SO BY CREATING THE GREEN BOOK, HE WAS MAKING BLACK LIVES BETTER AND MORE ENJOYABLE AND SAFER.

IN 1936, THE TRADE BOOK WAS CREATED BY HARLAN POSTMAN VICTOR HUGO GREEN.

IT WAS MODELED AFTER ANOTHER BOOK CREATED FOR JEWISH TRAVELERS DURING THAT TIME.

>> FOR US, WE ARE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM.

BECAUSE OF THE HOLOCAUST, ALSO PART OF OUR MISSION WE LOOK AT OTHER SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, HUMAN RIGHTS ATROCITIES AND CERTAINLY THE JIM CROW ERA AND SEGREGATION OF THE UNITED STATES.

AND THIS AMAZINGLY CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURIAL AND ALMOST SINFUL RESPONSE TO IS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

WE EDUCATE PEOPLE THROUGH THE EXHIBITIONS WE HAVE ON THE HOLOCAUST AND ON OTHER ISSUES SO WE CAN CREATE A MORE ACTIVE AND ENGAGED CITIZENRY THAT WILL ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND FIGHT FOR A BETTER SOCIETY.

>> Reporter: NEARLY 30 YEARS, THE GREEN BOOK LED BLACK DRIVERS DOWN ROADS BY OUTLINING RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, SAFEHOUSES, AND OTHER SAFE RACES THEY COULD FREQUENT WITHOUT FEARING FOR THEIR LIVES.

CHICAGO AND MARLENE CAME TO VISIT THE EXHIBIT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE EXPERIENCES OF A SOUTHERN FAMILY LIKE HER AUNT.

>> WHEN SHE WAS DRIVING THROUGH A CERTAIN TOWN IN MISSISSIPPI, HER CHILDREN WERE IN THE BACKSEAT.

SHE WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE TOWN WITHOUT ANYONE STOPPING HER BECAUSE SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE WAS WHITE.

BUT HER CHILDREN WERE BLACK AND LOOKED BLACK.

WHAT SHE DID, SHE PUT THEM IN THE BACKSEAT OF THE CAR AND TOLD HIM TO LAY DOWN.

SHE TOOK A BLANKET, COVERED THEM WITH A BLANKET AND TOLD HIM NOT TO MOVE OR TALK WHILE SHE DROVE THROUGH THE TOWN.

>> THE GREAT MIGRATION AND ROUTE 66 PLAY A PART IN THE GREEN BOOK MARKING CHICAGO'S PRESENCE.

SPECIFICALLY MADE UP 80% OF THE CITY LISTING.

>> THE AMOUNT OF BLACK AMERICANS THAT CAME UP TO CHICAGO , THAT NEED TO TRAVEL BACK SOUTH TO VISIT FAMILY, CHICAGO IS ALSO THE STARTING POINT OF ROUTE 66, THE WAY IN WHICH YOU WOULD GET WEST.

WE HAVE NOT ONLY THIS INCREDIBLE NEON SIGN FROM THE SUTHERLANDS, WHICH WAS A HOTEL AND CLUB, TODAY IS AN APARTMENT BUILDING.

WE ALSO HAVE PROJECTION THAT INCLUDES LISTED IN THE GREEN BOOK, 200 BUSINESSES LISTED OVER THE YEARS IN THE GREEN BOOK IN CHICAGO.

30 OF THE BUILDINGS STILL EXIST.

TWO OF THE BUSINESSES STILL EXIST.

>> Reporter: THE NEED FOR THE GREEN BOOK CHANGED WHEN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 WAS PASSED, IT MEANT BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES HAD TO COMPETE WITH BIGGER FRANCHISES, WHICH HAD MORE RESOURCES AND FEWER OBSTACLES.

AT LEAST HALF OF THE FEATURED BUSINESSES IN THE GREEN BOOK WERE CLOSED LESS THAN A DECADE LATER AS A RESULT.

>> WE CAN'T FORGET OUR HISTORY.

IT IS IMPORTANT NOT JUST FOR THIS MONTH BUT FOR EVERY DAY, SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR GRANDPARENTS.

GREG GREAT-GRANDPARENTS, SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND RECORD IT, ORAL HISTORY TOO SO IT IS NOT FORGOTTEN.

>> Reporter: FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES, I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> YOU CAN SEE THE EXHIBIT AT THE ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM THROUGH APRIL 23rd.

>>> 1997, 13-YEAR-OLD BERNARD CLARK AND DIFFERENT DROVE THEIR BIKES AND TO BRIDGEPORT.

THERE, GROUP OF WHITE MEN BEAT HIM INTO A COMA FOR BEING LOCKED IN A WHITE NEIGHBORHOOD.

NEWS OF THE ATTACK SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO EVEN AS HE WAS COMATOSE IN THE HOSPITAL, CITY LEADERS BEGAN CALLING FOR RACIAL RECONCILIATION.

THAT RAPID TURN , AT THE TIME WAS A COLLEGE STUDENT, FLEDGLING JOURNALIST, WEED DEALER PERIODS OF THE PODCAST, DIDN'T SEE NOTHING, REVISITS THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF THE CLARK STORY AS WELL AS THOSE IN HIS OWN LIFE.

JOHAN JOINS US NOW.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

THE PODCAST NAME, YOU DIDN'T SEE NOTHING, WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM?

>> IT COMES FROM A GUY WHO SAW SOMETHING, WHO WAS THERE.

THERE WAS A GUY FROM BRIDGEPORT WHO WITNESSED THIS BEATING, CALLED THE POLICE, THE POLICE CAME AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON AS THE WITNESS BEGINS TO TELL HIM.

FIRST OF ALL, OTHER RESIDENTS OUT THERE CLAIMING IT WAS A MEXICAN PERSON WHO IS BEATING HIM AND HIS FRIENDS.

WHEN THE GUY WHO CALLED THE POLICE STOP, THAT IS NOT HOW IT WENT, BRIDGEPORT RESIDENT FROM THE CROWD SAID YOU DIDN'T SEE NOTHING.

BASICALLY THREATENING , YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T SEE NOTHING.

THAT STUCK OUT AND MADE A LOT OF SENSE.

WE TOOK A QUOTE STRAIGHT FROM THE INCIDENT.

>> YOU SAY IN THE PODCAST BLACK KIDS GETTING ATTACKED BY WHITE KIDS IN CHICAGO IS NOT UNUSUAL EVEN IN 1997.

WHAT WAS IT ABOUT THE CLARK STORY THAT STUCK OUT ?

>> HE WAS SO YOUNG AND BEATEN SO VICIOUSLY IN BRIDGEPORT BY YOUNG MEN MUCH OLDER, MUCH BIGGER AND CLOSE ENOUGH TO MY OWN HOME AND WHERE I CAME , I FELT LIKE I HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, I FELT LIKE IT WAS HAPPENING ON MY WATCH.

'S >> WHAT MAJOR OWN STORY IN THIS PODCAST AS WELL ?

>> MY PRODUCERS AND I FELT LIKE I HAD AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE ON RACE RELATIONS AND AMERICAN CHICAGO HAVING BEEN OUT OF THE SYSTEM, OUT OF THE REAL WORLD FOR SO LONG.

THAT ABILITY TO LOOK BACK OFFERED ME UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE .

WE FELT LIKE JUST THE STORY OF ME BEING 23-YEAR-OLD UNTRAINED JOURNALIST DIVING INTO A CASE THAT BIG WAS ALSO A STORY IN ITSELF.

THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF MY OWN WHAT KIND OF MIRRORED HIS AND BECOMES THE TALE OF YOUNG MEN, LENARD AND MYSELF IN CHICAGO DURING THAT TIME.

>> YOU HAVE ARCHIVE FOOTAGE INCLUDING THE COVERAGE OF THE STORY IN THE PODCAST.

HERE IS A CLIP OF THE LATE RATE ELIZABETH BRACKETT ENTERING THE BRIDGEPORT MAN ABOUT THE ARREST OF THE THREE YOUNG MEN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THREE WHITE TEENAGERS CHARGED WITH THE ATTACK.

BRIDGEPORT SAYS THE NEIGHBORHOOD BOYS UNFAIRLY ACCUSED.

>> I'M SURE IF THEY WOULD'VE DONE THIS, THEY WOULD SAY SOMETHING TO OLDER GUY BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF IT.

NOT PROUD OF IT BUT SAID SOMETHING TO SOMEONE OLDER.

BECAUSE IT MAKES THEM LOOK GOOD.

>> WOULD YOU SAY BRIDGEPORT HAS CHANGED SINCE 1997?

>> YES, A LITTLE BIT.

IT HAS CHANGED ENOUGH THAT I THINK BRIDGEPORT RESIDENTS, EVEN THE MOST RACIST OF THEM, ARE SAVVY ENOUGH TO NOT DO THAT , SAY SOMETHING STUPID ON-AIR LIKE THAT.

AT THE SAME TIME, YOUNG LADY WHO OWNS, BLACK WOMAN THAT OWNS A RESTAURANT IN BRIDGEPORT THAT WAS JUST VANDALIZED AND SPRAY-PAINTED WITH ALL KIND OF RACIAL EPITHETS.

IT HAS CHANGED BUT CHANGED IN A WAY RACISM IN AMERICA HAS CHANGED ON ITS FACE.

TAKING A NEW FORM.

IT IS STILL AT ITS CORE , I THINK IT IS STILL BRIDGEPORT.

THERE ARE SOME BLACK RESIDENTS AND WHITE RESIDENTS WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER SIGNS ON THEIR FRONT YARD.

SO THAT IS A CHANGE .

AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE STILL IN CHICAGO AND IN AMERICA.

>> YOU TALK SOME OF THE INVESTIGATION YOU DID INTO THE STORY AT THE TIME, PARTICULARLY HOW THE LOCAL MEDIA COVERED IT AT THE TIME.

HOW WOULD YOU SAY THEY DID THAT?

>> POORLY.

NOT EVERYBODY, THERE WAS A COUPLE REPORTERS HERE AND THERE REALLY TRYING TO DO QUALITY JOBS.

I THINK THAT WITHOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, I THINK THE TIME YOU HAD SO FEW MAJOR OUTLOOKS TO DO IT , THE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD KIND OF WANT ALLOWED TO.

THEY FACE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES.

ALL IN ALL, I THINK THE WAY REPORTING WAS DONE BACK THEN, I REMEMBER GOING TO POLICE HEADQUARTERS, DIFFERENT STORY, NOT JUST THAT ONE, BEING REALLY SHOCKED TO SEE THAT JOURNALIST WEREN'T EVEN ASKING MANY QUESTIONS OF POLICE COMMANDERS AND OFFICERS RELAYING DETAILS OF THE DIFFERENT CRIMES.

A LOT OF JOURNALISTS WERE ACTING AS MIDDLEMEN BETWEEN THE POLICE AND COMMUNITY.

>> YOU ARE RIGHT, THE JOURNALIST STORY QUICKLY WENT FROM BEING POTENTIAL HATE CRIME , THE BEATING OF THIS YOUNG MAN, TO A STORY OF RACIAL HEALING AND RECONCILIATION ALMOST OVERNIGHT.

>> I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO OUTSIDE EFFORTS.

THE LEAD ATTACKER OF THE GANG THAT BEAT UP LENARD AND LEFT HIM LIKE THAT CAME FROM UP POWERFUL FAMILY WITH MOB TIES.

BRIDGEPORT FAMILY WHICH ALSO HAD POLITICAL TIES.

OUR MAYOR AT THE TIME, RICHARD DALEY WAS FROM BRIDGEPORT.

A LOT OF POLICE WERE FROM BRIDGEPORT.

SO BETWEEN THOSE TIES AND THOSE CONNECTIONS, THEY PUSHED A BIG MOVEMENT TO FLIP THE NARRATIVE AND SHIFT THE TALK TOWARD FORGIVENESS.

>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND WHAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT.

YOHANCE LACOUR, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

AGAIN, THE PODCAST IS, YOU DIDN'T SEE NOTHIN.

ALL SEVEN EPISODES ARE AVAILABLE.

WE ARE BACK WITH MORE RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> WHAT COULD YOUR SCHOOL DO WITH $30,000 MAKER SPACE?

FULL OF PROMOTING SCIENCE TECH, TECHNOLOGY, ARTS, SCIENCE EDUCATION, THE CIA AND OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND TENNESSEE PARTNERING TO HOST MISSION POSSIBLE.

COMPETITION FOR STEAM EDUCATORS IN CHICAGO TO WIN OWN MAKER SPACE FULL OF EQUIPMENT ENCOURAGING PROBLEM-SOLVING THINKING.

>> MISSION POSSIBLE MAKER SPACE NATION IS A COMPETITION HOSTED BY THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FOR THIRD THROUGH 12th GRADE EDUCATORS.

EDUCATORS CREATE A SHORT VIDEO FOR CHANCE TO WIN $30,000 WORTH OF MAKER SPACE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR THE SCHOOL.

MATERIALS AND COAT MAKER SPACE CAN INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM 3-D PRINTERS, ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS AND ROBOTICS COMPONENTS, CARDBOARD, PAPER, GLUE.

SOME SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE A MAKER SPACE.

WINNING $30,000 WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE FOR STEAM EDUCATION AT ANY SCHOOL.

ANYONE WHO EDUCATES STEAM SUBJECTS FOR THIRD THROUGH 12th GRADE AT ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO IS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER THIS COMPETITION.

THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS PARTICIPATION IS NOT LIMITED ONLY TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

IF YOU ARE A MEDIA SPECIALIST, S.T.E.M.

COORDINATOR, TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR, PRINCIPAL INTERESTED BRINGING MAKER SPACE TO YOUR STUDENTS, THIS IS A COMPETITION YOU SHOULD ENTER.

>> TO ENTER, EDUCATORS MUST SUBMIT SHORT VIDEO ILLUSTRATING THE NEED FOR MAKER SPACE IN THEIR SCHOOL.

THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS MARCH 10th.

FIND MORE INFORMATION ON MISSION POSSIBLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

SUCKER THE CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCE BLACK SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM HONORING THE LIFE AND WORK OF THE LAKE CITY COLLEGE PROFESSOR, ACTIVIST, AND HISTORIAN.

THE PROGRAM GOAL IS TO HELP 20 CURRENT CITY COLLEGES STUDENTS SELECTED AS FELLOWS TO DEVELOP AS COMMUNITY LEADERS IN THE MOLD OF SAMUEL BLACK.

>> WE WANT THEM TO EXPLORE AND EXAMINE THEMSELVES, IN THE CONTEXT OF BEING A STUDENT AT CITY COLLEGES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF BEING A FELLOW.

IN ADDITION TO GETTING REALLY GREAT CONTENT FROM GRASSROOTS LEADERS THAT THE CHANCELLOR HAS SPECIALLY IDENTIFIED , THAT ALIGN WITH METHODOLOGY, THEOLOGY, THE WAY HE MANAGED HIS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A BUS TRIP DOWN SOUTH TO SELMA, ALABAMA WERE DR. BLACK HILLS FROM, HE WAS BORN IN THAT AREA.

HAVING THAT EXPERIENCE, LEAVING CHICAGO, FOLLOWING THE TRAIL FROM CHICAGO DOWN SOUTH, PARTICIPATING IN CONVERSATIONS AROUND GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM AND ENGAGING COMMUNITY AND INSTITUTIONS AND CREATING TRANSFORMATION AND CHANGE IS WHAT THE STUDENTS SHOULD GET FROM THIS EXPERIENCE.

INSTRUMENTAL WORKING WITH US TO MAKE SURE HER BELOVED HUSBAND'S LEGACY IS REALLY INGRAINED IN THIS WORK.

WE ARE WORKING WITH HER TO DEVELOP A SMALL MALL COMMITTEE OF FOLKS AFTER THE FIRST REVIEW OF SCHOLARSHIPS, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND TO HELP US DETERMINE WHO WILL ACTUALLY BE THE FINAL RECIPIENT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP.

>> THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS APRIL 15th .

THE APPLICANTS MUST BE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE CITY COLLEGES OF CHICAGO WITH PLANS TO REMAIN ENROLLED THROUGH SPRING 2024.

FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEON HELD JUNE 15th AND YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE SCHOLARSHIP ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> THAT IS IT FOR TONIGHT.

YOU'RE WATCHING A SATURDAY NIGHT YOU CAN ALSO CATCH BLACK VOICES AND LATINO VOICES ON SUNDAYS BEGIN AT 10:00 P.M. JOIN ME AND WTTW NEWS NEXT WEEK AT 10:00 ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

>>> WE LEAVE YOU MORE WITH THE GREEN BOOK EXHIBIT AT THE ILLINOIS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM.

FROM ALL OF US AT CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANKS FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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