Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, May 23, 2021 - Full Show
5/23/2021 | 26m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
Brandis Friedman hosts the 32nd episode of "Black Voices."
As the anniversary of George Floyd’s death nears, we look ahead with three social justice organizations. A visit to 2300 Jackson Street with two members of the Jackson 5. The last word on gardening.
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Chicago Tonight: Black Voices is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, May 23, 2021 - Full Show
5/23/2021 | 26m 52sVideo has Closed Captions
As the anniversary of George Floyd’s death nears, we look ahead with three social justice organizations. A visit to 2300 Jackson Street with two members of the Jackson 5. The last word on gardening.
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[MUSIC] >> Host: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES.
I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING PART OF YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.
ON THE SHOW TONIGHT THIS TUESDAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD BY A MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER AND SPARKED A FLOW OF PROTESTS.
WE WILL SPEAK TO 3 LEADERS OF LOCAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS.
>>> MEET THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM AND HEAR HIS THOUGHTS ON THE EXHIBIT, VISITORS AND MORE.
>> THE HOME OF THE JACKSON FIVE AND GARY INDIANA RECEIVES OFFICIAL HIGHWAY SIGNAGE RINGING HOPE OF REVIVAL TO A ONCE THRIVING COMMUNITY.
>> GARDENING WAS MY STRESS RELIEVER.
>> THE CREATOR OF AN INGLEWOOD GARDEN GIVES THE LAST WORD ON THE HEALING POWER OF GROWING FOOD.
>>> FIRST OFF TONIGHT NEARLY A YEAR AGO THE WORLDWATCH THAT PIVOTAL VIDEO OF GEORGE FLOYD GASPING FOR AIR UNDER THE KNEE OF FORMER POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN IN MINNEAPOLIS.
FLOYD'S DEATH SENT A NATION OF PEOPLE IN QUARANTINE OUT INTO THE STREET IN MASS PROTESTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
MAJOR CORPORATIONS ISSUE STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF BLACK LIVES MATTER.
POLITICIANS WANTED MORE WORK TO BE DONE TO REACH EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE.
JOINING U.S. FOR A LOOK AT THE LAST YEAR AND MOVING FORWARD ARE ASIAHA BUTLER FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF RESIDENT ASSOCIATION OF GREATER ENGLEWOOD ALSO KNOWN AS MRS. INGLEWOOD.
TANYA WATKINS DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTHSIDE ORGAN IS THE LEAD ORGANIZATION CHICAGO OR SOUL CHICAGO.
AND, TODD BELCORE COFOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL NONPROFIT SOCIAL CHANGE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING U.S. ALL OF YOU.
TONYA WATKINS, LET'S START WITH YOU.
THE SOUL CHICAGO EXPERIENCE DID INCREASE INTEREST IN THE WORK YOU DO WITH ENGAGEMENT ONCE PROTESTS BEGAN?
ARE THOSE STILL SHOWING UP FOR YOU?
>> YES.
I THINK FOR THE PAST YEAR IT HAS FELT THE WORK WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DOING AND WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
IT FELT LIKE THAT WORK WAS AMPLIFIED.
THERE WAS A GROUNDSWELL NOT ONLY OF ENGAGEMENT BUT WE REALLY FELT LIKE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AND THERE WERE LOTS OF NEW FOLKS ENGAGING WITH OUR ORGANIZATION AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE CITY AND THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY STRUGGLING TO GET THIS MESSAGE AROUND POLICE VIOLENCE FOR A LONG TIME.
>> A YEAR LATER YOU SAY THAT INTEREST IS STILL THERE?
>> THE REALITY IS WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC.
FOLKS ARE AT HOME, THEY ARE AT WORK AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO SHELTER AT DILI IN PLACE FOR THIS TRAUMATIC EVENT.
THERE WERE WAY MORE FOLKS PLUGGING IN AND WE EXPECTED RIGHT NOW.
CAPITALISM IS FORCING PEOPLE TO GO BACK TO WORK AND BACK TO SCHOOL.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE HAVE OF LIFE BARRIERS AND THEY CAN'T SUSTAIN THAT MOVEMENT.
LOTS OF FOLKS ARE ENGAGING AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT PUTTING PRESSURE ON THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS SHRINKING THE FOOTPRINT OF POLICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF HOW PEOPLE SHOWED UP AND ARE CONTINUING TO SHOW UP.
>> ASIAHA BUTLER, WHAT DID YOU FIND THAT THE PROTESTS REVEALED ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY IN INGLEWOOD AND OTHERS IN CHICAGO?
>> EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT, REALLY I GO BACK TO THE CIVIL UNREST DAYS.
UNFORTUNATELY I HAD TO WITNESS LOOTING FROM MY PORCH FOR ABOUT 72 HOURS.
SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN MY LIFE UP CLOSE.
SOMETHING THAT HIT MY STOMACH LIKE I WAS AT A FUNERAL OF A LOVED ONE.
WHAT I FELT WAS THAT MOMENT SHOWED ME HOW ECONOMICALLY STARVED AND EMPTY OUR COMMUNITY WAS.
IT IS A DOLLAR STORE THAT IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF LOOTING.
ORGANIZE PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE FENCE OR DISINCLINED TO ENGAGE IN THIS WORK TO COME TO THE TABLE AND DO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL.
AS A RESULT WE WE'RE ABLE TO GET LEGISLATION MOVED IN ILLINOIS BY THE GOVERNOR AND IT REVOLUTIONIZED HOW POLICE ARE TO CONSIDER WHAT IS AN ACTUAL THREAT.
HOW POLICE ARE TO CONSIDER HOW THEY ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY AND RESERVING LIFE IS THE AT THE ABSOLUTE FOREFRONT.
ALSO WHEN PEOPLE ARE TELLING THEIR STORY, IN THIS CRITICAL AND VULNERABLE MOMENT THAT POLICE HONESTLY REPRESENT WHAT TOOK PLACE ON PAPER.
THEY CAN'T LIE ON THE POLICE REPORT SO WE GET AN ACTION FOR THE CONDUCT MUCH QUICKER.
TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE LOOKING OUT AT THE BODY CAM AND IF ANYTHING IS TO ARISE IT IS TO CREATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN THIS INSTITUTION HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR TERRORIZING THE COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS.
>> TANYA WATKINS HOW DO YOU ENGAGE SOCIAL JUSTICE A YEAR LATER AND GOING FORWARD?
>> I THINK WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH AND ACTUALLY WE SHOULD LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT WE RESPOND TO TRAUMATIC BLACK DEATH ON T.V.
OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS EVERY DAY.
WE HAVE TO ORGANIZE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE TO ENGAGE FOLKS AROUND REIMAGINING SAFETY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL OF US.
ACTUALLY WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO TURN UP WHEN THE POLICE MURDER A BLACK MAN.
I WANT TO LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO EVER THINK ABOUT POLICE MURDERING A BLACK MAN OR BLACK WOMAN OR BROWN YOUNG BABY BOY.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THESE ARE EVEN SOCIETAL ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO FACE.
HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BUILDING AND REIMAGINING AND DELIVERING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY IS KEY RIGHT NOW AND FROM THIS MOMENT ON.
>> ASIAHA, YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS MUCH OF WHICH HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
TELL U.S. ABOUT THAT WORK AND THE OTHER INITIATIVES THAT YOU ALL INITIATED AFTER GEORGE FLOYD.
>> I THINK WHAT I HAVE SAID SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IS THAT WE HAD A VISUAL EFFECT OF A POLICE MAN KNEELING ON SOMEONE'S NECK.
BUT FOR DECADES BLACK PEOPLE HAVE HAD A KNEE ON THEIR NECK.
EVERY SINGLE SYSTEM IN EQUITY IS A KNEE ON HER NECK.
WE DID NOT WANT TO LOSE A MOMENT THAT PEOPLE HAD IN THIS MOMENT WHERE WE LOOK AT THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND HOUSES AND LAND OWNERSHIP.
HOW WE ARE STARTING TO GET PAST IT.
WHEN WE SAW THE LOOTING AND WHEN WE WERE OUT IN INGLEWOOD, FOLKS WHO DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF INGLEWOOD WERE THE ONES THAT WERE CLEANING UP THE BUSINESSES.
EVERYONE WAS ASKING WHERE ARE THE BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES AND HOW CAN THEY BE SUPPORTED?
IT WASN'T A CENTRALIZED DATABASE OR NETWORK.
ACTUALLY SOCIAL CHANGE REACHED OUT.PEOPLE HAD RESOURCES FOR BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES AT THE TIME.
AS A TRUSTED ORGANIZATION WE COULD NOT PUT OUR HAND ON A CENTRALIZED DATABASE SO WE DECIDED TO CREATE ONE.
WE DECIDED TO FIND OUT WHERE THE BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES WERE WITHIN THE SURROUNDING ZIP CODES.
WE RATED A DIRECTORY, SOLICITED MORE AND WORK TOWARDS GETTING COME I AM SURE A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE.
MY THANKS TO TANYA WATKINS, ASIAHA BUTLER AND TODD BELCORE.
BE SURE TO JOIN U.S. ON TUESDAY CHICAGO TONIGHT ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S MURDER.
WE HAVE A ONE HOUR SPECIAL LOOKING AT POLICING IN CHICAGO WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS, LEASE OFFICERS AND MORE.
UP NEXT MEET THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM ON A CONVERSATION RECORDED EARLIER.
>> THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM HAS A NEW PRESIDENT.
SOUTHSIDE NATIVE DONALD LUSSIER HAS RETURNED TO CHICAGO TO LEAD THE MUSEUM AFTER HAILING THE MOHAMED ALI CENTER IN LOUISVILLE FOR MANY YEARS.
THIS COINCIDES WITH A NEW EMPHASIS ON RESERVING AND SALIVATING CHICAGO'S HISTORY ESPECIALLY ON THE CITY'S SOUTH AND WEST SIDE.
DONALD JOINS U.S. NOW.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
NATIONALLY AND IN CHICAGO MANY INSTITUTIONS ARE REEVALUATING WHAT HISTORY IS HIGHLIGHTED AND HOW IT IS TOLD.
HOW DO YOU SEE THE ROLE OF THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS?
>> THE ROLE OF THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM SHOULD BE TOO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEIR HISTORY.
THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF CHICAGO WHICH IS VERY DIVERSE.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE AS AN INSTITUTION MAKE SURE WE SHOW THE DIVERSITY OF CHICAGO'S HISTORY.
THAT WAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE AND SHOW HOW THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO IMPACTS PEOPLE TODAY.
WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT CHICAGO'S HISTORY WHILE IT IS DIVERSE IT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE SHOULD REALLY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT IS GLOBAL.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CHICAGO WE HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD DELIBERATING INTO THE CITY.
WE THINK ABOUT CHICAGO YOU THINK ABOUT THE GREAT MIGRATION FROM THE SOUTH OF BLACK PEOPLE TRYING TO ESCAPE JIM CROW.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CHICAGO'S HISTORY IT WAS A GREAT SPARK FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
THERE'S SO MUCH TO UNPACK WITH THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO THAT I THINK IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM TO START WITH THE CONNECTION AS WELL AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY BUDDY SEES THEMSELVES IN THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO.
QUICK SPEAKING OF THE CHICAGO HISTORY MUSEUM IS LOCATED IN OLD TOWN ON THE NORTH SIDE.
WHAT ARE SOME SPECIFIC WAYS THAT YOU CAN BROADEN THE SCOPE AND DIVERSIFY IT'S VISITOR SHIFT?
>> SEVERAL WAYS.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS PARAMOUNT.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GO TO THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE AND HAVE A FOOTPRINT THERE WHETHER IT BE HOLDING SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO OUTREACH AND JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYBODY CAN GET TO THE NORTH SIDE.
THERE IS A SIMILAR INCIDENT WE WERE LOCATED DOWNTOWN AND BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE DID NOT FEEL WELCOME DOWNTOWN.
WE HAD A STRATEGY OR WE WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN WE CREATED PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE IN CHICAGO.
PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND THROUGHOUT THE CAREER IS THE HIT IS IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE ISSUE A PARTNERSHIP IT WILL BE LONG-TERM.
THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IN A PARTNERSHIP IS TO >> FOR HELP.
WE >> FOR PARTNERS AS IN WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY.
THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE SINCERE HERO.
NOT ONLY WAS HE MY HERO HE WAS MY FRIEND HERO AND MY PARENTS HERO.
HIS IMPACT HERE IN CHICAGO RUNS VERY DEEP.
>> BEFORE WE RUN OUT OF TIME YOU ALSO CHOSE THIS 1955 PHOTO OUTSIDE OF THE ROBERT TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
WHY DID YOU SELECT THIS ONE?
>> I SELECTED THAT PHOTO FOR 2 REASONS.
IT REALLY DOES SHOW THAT CHICAGO WAS THE SPARK.
THAT PHOTOGRAPH CAN YOU THINK ABOUT IT WAS THE SPARK THAT REALLY STARTED THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
ALSO, THERE IS A FAMILY CONNECTION.
LILO PARKER WHO WAS IN THE HOUSE WHEN HE WAS PULLED OUT BY THE FOLKS THAT MURDERED HIM, HE IS MY MOTHER'S COUSIN.
SO THERE IS A FAMILY CONNECTION AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT OUT AND TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PHOTO REPRESENTS.
>> WE WERE THANKFUL TO HAVE LILO PARKER HERE ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.
AND WE ARE THANKFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE AS WELL ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.
GOOD LUCK IN THE NEW POSITION.
THERE IS MORE CHICAGO TONIGHT: BLACK VOICES JUST AHEAD SO STAY WITH U.S.. >> NEW HOPE IN THE KING OF POP'S HOME AND WHAT WAS A REVIVAL OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE TALK ABOUT THE MEMBERS OF JACKSON5 IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AT THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME.
>> THE CELEBRATION WAS IN FULL FORCE AT 2300 JACKSON STREET IN GARY INDIANA AS THE CITY MARKED THE HOME OF THE JACKSON5 WITH HIGHWAY SIGNAGE.
>> THEY KNOW GARY ALL OVER THE WORLD.
LET'S PUT IT ON THE MAP.
>> ONE WOMAN DROVE FOR AS FAR AND WE WOULD PLAY RIGHT HERE AND TO THINK THAT ALL OF U.S.
WERE CONCEIVED IN THIS LITTLE HOUSE.
>> HOW HAS COVID BEEN FOR YOU ALL?
>> DURING THE PANDEMIC I PUT TOGETHER A BLUES ALBUM AND I HAVE SOME GREAT BLUES MUSIC AND COLLABORATIONS I HAVE DONE.
I DID A SONG WITH GEORGE BENSON AND A SONG WITH STEVIE WONDER.
>> THE HIGHWAY SIGNAGE IS ONE OF MANY ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE WORLD FAMOUS FAMILY IS WORKING ON TO HONOR THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME.
>> WE ARE WORKING ON MAKING IT A HISTORIC SITE BECAUSE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE GLOBE WHEN THEY COME TO CHICAGO THEY WANT TO COME TO SEE THE HOME OF WHERE THE JACKSON FIVE WAS STARTED.
IT MAKES YOU UNDERSTAND THE BLESSING THAT THE LORD BESTOWED ON THIS FAMILY.
AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE BLESSING.
WE ARE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER ALL OVER THE GLOBE IN HARMONY AND PEACE.
>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT I AM ANGEL ITO.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT NEW SIGNAGE ON I 84 RIGHT NEXT TO THE HARD ROCK CASINO.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN VISITING THE HISTORIC HOME THE ADDRESSES 2300 JACKSON STREET.
AT LONG LAST IT FEELS LIKE SUMMER HAS ARRIVED IN CHICAGO AND FOR MANY IT MEANS IT'S TIME TO SPRUCE UP THE GARDEN.
BUT REGISTERED NURSES SAY THAT NOT ALL COMMUNITIES KNOW HOW TO WHAT IT TAKES TO GROW COMMUNITY AND FLOWERS AND COMMUNITY GARDENS.
IT CAN ONLY FEED PEOPLE BUT IT CAN HEAL THEM IN BODY AND SPIRIT.
>> I AM KRYSTLE WHITFIELD I AM A NAVY VETERAN A REGISTERED NURSE AND NEWFOUND GARDENER EXTRAORDINAIRE.
I STARTED THIS GARDEN A YEAR AGO WITH MEMBERS AND HEALTHCARE.
IT STARTED FROM THE PANDEMIC.
ME BEING A NURSE AND SEEING THE WAY THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY IT WAS STRESSFUL TO ME AND GARDEN WAS MY STRESS RELIEVER.
ONE DAY I GOT ONLINE AND I SAID I WANT TO DO THIS AT A LARGER SCALE.
SO WE ACQUIRED THE SPACE JUST BY LOOKING ON FACEBOOK AND GETTING SOME PEOPLE'S INPUT ON WHERE A GARDEN SHOULD BE.
WHERE SOME EMPTY LOTS WERE.
AFTER THAT I JUST GOT ON FACEBOOK AND PUT A CALL OUT TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS COME OUT AND HELP.
FROM THEN ON WE HAVEN'T STOPPED.
WE ARE RIGHT DOWN HERE IN INGLEWOOD.
RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A GARDEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'VE NEVER HAD A PLACE TO SIT AND LEARN THINGS TO DO LIKE THAT.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO GET OUTSIDE AND WALK TO THE GARDEN OR THEIR BACKYARD AND TO GROW THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY HEALTHY FOR THEM TO EAT.
GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD CAN HELP WITH YOUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
NOT ONLY DOES IT GIVE YOU TIME OUTSIDE IN THE FRESH AIR BUT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GROWING BECAUSE YOU GREW IT.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL BECAUSE WE HAVE HIGH INCIDENCES OF HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WERE ALWAYS WRITING PAST U.S.
WHEN WE GOT STARTED.
THEY WOULD COME IN AND THEY WOULD >> IF WE HAD SNACKS AND I SAID WE DO HAVE SNACKS BUT YOU HAVE TO HELP U.S.
IN THE GARDEN.
I SHOWED THEM THE TOMATOES IN THE GARDEN AND EVERY DAY THEY CAME AND ASKED IF THEY COULD HAVE SOME STRAWBERRIES.
I SAID WE DON'T HAVE ANYMORE, YOU GUYS ATE THEM ALL.
THE BIG GOAL IS TO HAVE PEOPLE COME OUT TO THE GARDEN AND START VOLUNTEERING AND GET INVOLVED.
THIS IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE CREATED THIS SPACE FOR THEM FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO TOUCH THE FAMILIES AND THESE PEOPLE AND START A NEW REVOLUTION OF GROWING WITH HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
WE WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO START SOMETHING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW.
>> YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON THE STEWART GARDEN AND FROM THERE YOU CAN WATCH MORE IN OUR LAST WORDS SERIES.
THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THE SUNDAY NIGHT JOIN PARIS SCHUTZ AND MEET TOMORROW NIGHT FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT.
GOING TO SHOW JOIN ME AT 8 P.M. FOR SPECIAL CHICAGO TONIGHT VOICES AND COMMITTEE CONVERSATION.
WE ARE TALKING TO COMMUNITY AND THOUGHT HEATERS ABOUT THE SOMBER ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD.
THAT IS MONDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 COULD VISIT TRAN 8/VOICES TO RSVP.
FOR ALL OF U.S.
HERE AT CHICAGO TONIGHT I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
The Last Word: Chrystal Whitfield
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Clip: 5/23/2021 | 10m 56s | George Floyd’s death sent people across the country into the streets in mass protests. (10m 56s)
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