>> AND THE CDC BLACK WOMEN ARE STILL THE MOST LIKELY TO DIE FROM PREGNANCY WITH CAUSES.

MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF PREGNANCY RELATED DEATHS IN ILLINOIS WERE PREVENTABLE.

AND THE LEADING UNDERLYING CAUSES OF MATERNAL DEATH ECLAMPSIA AND EMBOLISM.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE IS FELICIA DAVIS.

PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CHICAGO FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN.

DOCTOR JOINT WEST AND OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNECOLOGIST AT ROEBLING COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND MET TONYA MOODY EXECUTIVE OF THE NONPROFIT GROUP DO LIST.

THANKS TO YOU ALL PROFESSIONALS FOR JOINING US TODAY.

DOCTOR WEST, LET'S START WITH YOU PLEASE.

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO THAT DISPARITY IN MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR BLACK WOMAN?

>> I THINK THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO THE DISPARITY AND HEALTH OUTCOMES LEADING TO BLACK WOMEN DYING AT AN ALARMING RATE AS ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, WHICH IS DRASTICALLY DIMINISHED IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

MAINLY BECAUSE OF A LACK OF RESOURCES AND THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

I THINK THAT BLACK WOMEN ARE DYING AT AN ALARMING RATE, BECAUSE OF THE MANY OF THE SYSTEMIC RACISM POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME.

BUT, I AM HAPPY THAT A LIGHT IS SHINING UPON THE DISPARITY IN THE MATERNAL OUTCOMES.

AND I THINK THAT WE ARE ON THE PATH TO HELP EQUITY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

>> ON YOU TONYA BOOTY OVER TWO.

AS A DUAL, HOW CAN ABDULLAH HELP TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR BLACK WOMEN IN THESE INSTANCES?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I THINK IT'S A COMPLICATED ANSWER.

ONE, I REALLY APPRECIATE DOCTOR WEST AND THE RESOURCE DIFFERENTIALS.

I WANT TO FURTHER NAME THAT EXPLICITLY WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS A SYSTEMATIC EXPRESSION OF RACISM AND MISOGYNY.

THE IS CONVERGING IN THE LACK OF PROPORTIONATE VALUE AND CARE FOR THE BODIES OF BLACK PEOPLE.

AND DUELISTS ARE MITIGATING FACTOR.

BUT WE ARE NOT THE THE POLLUTION IS DISRUPTING RACISM AND MISOGYNY.

EXPRESSIONS IN OUR SYSTEM.

THAT IS WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY LIES.

WHAT DOES IT PROVIDE?

IT INFORMS A COMPASSIONATE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR FOLKS.

AND THEIR EXPERIENCE OF THEIR PREGNANCY AND THEIR LABOR.

THE BIRTH EXPERIENCES.

AS WELL AS OTHER EXPENSES.

VILLA CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE REPRODUCTIVE EXPERIENCE OF INDIVIDUALS.

INCLUDING FERTILITY AND ABORTION NEEDS.

AND I THINK WHAT'S CRITICAL ABOUT THE SUPPORT THAT CHICAGO VOLUNTEER ABDULLAH OFFERS IS THAT IT'S ROOTED IN THE VALUE OF INTO RACISM.

AND THE VALUE OF PROVIDING CULTURALLY RELEVANT CARE TO COMMUNITIES.

AND WE BELIEVE STRONGLY IN THE FACT THAT WE ARE OPERATING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE CARING FOR.

WE KNOW THAT WE ARE ALSO VICTIMS TO THESE SYSTEMATIC EXCLUSIONS THAT OUR CLIENTS ARE EXPOSED TO AND ARE OPERATING IN SOLIDARITY FOR OUR LIBERATION.

>> DOCTOR WEST, YOU TOUCH ON THIS A BIT AGO.

HOW CAN BETTER HEALTHCARE BLACK WOMEN IN GENERAL WELL BEFORE PREGNANCY HOW CAN I IMPROVE MATERNAL OUTCOMES?

>> WELL, GREAT QUESTION.

WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS THAT WOMEN DEAL WITH, EVEN BEFORE GETTING PREGNANT.

SO, WE THINK WE KNOW THAT ANNUAL WELL WOMEN VISITS OR WHAT WE KNOW JUST YEARLY CHECKUP WITH THE PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR.

EVEN BEFORE GETTING PREGNANT CAN IMPROVE MATERNAL OUTCOME.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IN PREGNANCY CAN LEAD TO PREECLAMPSIA.

IF WE CAN GET WOMEN INTO PRIMARY CARE DOCTORS TO OPTIMIZE THEIR HEALTH, EVEN BEFORE GETTING PREGNANT, THEN, WE KNOW WE HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF MANAGING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE FOR EXAMPLE DURING THE PREGNANCY.

OUTCOMES.

>> FELICIA DAVIS, WELCOME BACK.

I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN ABOUT YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WHAT POLICY ACTIONS CAN BE TAKEN TO REDUCE GAPS IN HEALTHCARE FOR BLACK WOMEN?

>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I WANT TO SAY FOR ALL THE FUNDERS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN INVEST.

SUPPORTING FRONT LEAD FRONT-LINE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LED BY WOMEN OF COLOR.

SO, VOLUNTEER AND ANYA IS HERE TODAY.

OUR ORGANIZATION IS INVESTING IN THEM WITH FUNDS, RESOURCES, AND INVESTING IN THEIR LEADERSHIP.

EVERYTHING IS ADVOCATING TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BENEFITS IN ALL FORMS INCLUDING CONTRACEPTION.

INCLUDING PREGNANCY MANAGEMENT, ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE SERVICES INCLUDING ABORTION.

WE ARE LUCKY IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS HB 40 IS THE LAW OF THE LAND FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE AS DEFINED BY GOVERNOR BRISTER.

NEED TO REALIZE THE TENANTS OF THAT AN IMPLICIT BIAS IN TRAINING.

SO THAT SOMEBODY DISCREPANCIES AND DISPARITIES WITH BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH CAN BE ADDRESSED AND I KNOW THAT DOCTOR WEST AND HER COLLEAGUES WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT MEASURE AND TO MAKE SURE THE INSTITUTIONS UNDERSTAND THE RESPONSIBILITY.

TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE TO WOMEN OF COLOR.

>> DOCTOR WEST, BOTH YOU AND ANYA HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS A BIT.

JUST FOR CLARITY WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT SYSTEMIC RACISM EACH OF YOU ARE REFERRING TO, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT SHOWS UP FOR EXAMPLE IN THE EXAM ROOM OR IN LABOR AND DELIVERY?OR ANYWHERE ELSE PREGNANT BLACK WOMAN MIGHT FIND HERSELF?

>> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SYSTEMIC RACISM HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT TERMINAL MORTALITY.

AND I WILL GIVE A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE.

WE KNOW THAT PROVIDERS, WHO ARE OF THE SAME CULTURE AS THE PATIENTS THAT THEY SERVE TEND TO HAVE A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR NEEDS.

AND SO, IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT FOR EXAMPLE, BLACK DINING AND A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF PAIN THRESHOLD.

A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF JUST COMMUNICATION WITH THE PATIENTS THAT THEY WERE SEEN.

WE USE BEYONCI AND SERENA WILLIAMS, WHO HAD COMPLICATIONS DURING THE PREGNANCIES AND THE WAY THAT THEY COMMUNICATED WITH THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

TO HAVE THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING AND SO, WE KNOW THAT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS LANGUAGE AND THE WAY THAT WE COMMUNICATE BETWEEN DOCTORS OR NURSES AND PROVIDER AND PATIENT IS CRITICAL IN TERMS OF PATIENT OUTCOME.SO, WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT EXPLICIT BIAS OR UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE WAY PEOPLE BEHAVE HAS A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON WHAT HAPPENS IN THE EXAM ROOM.

ON YOU, YOU MAY WANT TO [INDISCERNIBLE] >> ON YOU, I DO WANT TO MOVE IT OVER TO.

I WANT TO ASK RESEARCH AND TRAINING SHOULD PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES BE IMPLEMENTED?

>> ARE YOU SAYING WHAT KIND OF RESEARCH TO DATE [INDISCERNIBLE] >> WHAT YOU THINK WHAT KIND OF TRAINING YOU THINK PUBLIC AGENCIES SHOULD SUGGEST HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ADMINISTER MARKET RESEARCH TO THE NEED TO HAVE TO HELP IMPROVE THESE OUTCOMES?

>> I THINK THE RESEARCH IS REALLY HISTORICAL.

THERE IS VERY ACCESSIBLE HISTORY AVAILABLE OF GYNECOLOGY.

WHICH STARTED WITH THE DOCTOR WHO PERFORMED TORTURE ON ENSLAVED WOMEN.

IN ORDER TO BECOME THE FATHER OF GYNECOLOGY.

AND, I THINK THAT UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF THE PRACTICES THAT INSTITUTIONS ARE ENGAGED IN AND THE SIGNS AND INSTITUTIONS ARE ENGAGED IN AND QUESTIONING DEEPLY HOW THAT SHOWS UP IN PRACTICES.

IT IS IMPORTANT.

MEDICAL SCIENCE WAS FOUNDED ON THE TORTURE OF BLACK WOMEN.

AND PERCEIVING A BLACK WOMAN WERE NOT EXPERIENCING PAIN IN THE SAME WAY.

>> PERCENT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE HISTORY THAT GOES BACK FOR DECADES AND DECADES.

WE ARE ACTUALLY OUT OF TIME.

SO SORRY.

WE WILL NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TALK ABOUT MORE WITH MY THANKS TO FELICIA DAVIS.

DOCTOR TROY WEST DURING THE SPRING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> UP NEXT, DETAILS INTO A NEW MICRO GRANT PROGRAM FOR CBS STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

STAY WITH US.

[MUSIC] >> SOME FAMILIES FACING FINANCIAL HURDLES OR GETTING SUPPORT FROM THE CITY MICRO GRANTS.

WT TW MATT MASTERSON HAS MORE ON THIS.

MATT, HOW MUCH IS CPS OFFERING TO THESE MICROGRAMS AND WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THEM?

>> UNTIL THIS CAN BE A $9 MILLION FUND PUT TOGETHER BY THE CITY.

THIS IS BEING CALLED THE CHICAGO FAMILIES FORWARD FUND.

THAT'S GOING TO DISTRIBUTE ONE TIME $500 CHECKS TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE MOST IN NEED WITHIN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THE DISTRICT IDENTIFIED THOSE STUDENTS AS THOSE WHO ARE IN TEMPORARY LIVING SITUATIONS FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

SO, STUDENTS ARE BY AND LARGE STUDENTS OF COLOR.

CITY OFFICIALS SAID ABOUT 98 PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO DEAL WITH HOMELESSNESS DURING THE YEAR ARE EITHER BLACK OR BROWN STUDENTS.

AND THESE CHECKS ARE GOING TO HELP COVER SOME OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND HOME COST THAT THEY MAY NEED DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

>> MATT, HOW IS THE CITY PAYING FOR THIS INITIATIVE?

>> SO, THE CITY SAID THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE COMING FROM FEDERAL DOLLARS.

SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE CARES ACT, WHICH GAVE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY TO THE CITY LAST YEAR TO HELP WITH CORONAVIRUS STAY IN RELIEF.

THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO HELP PAY FOR THESE CHECKS TO THE STUDENTS THESE YEAR.

>> WHY LAUNCH THE CHICAGO FAMILIES FORWARD FUND NOW?

>> WELL, WITH STUDENTS RETURNING FOR IN PERSON LEARNING THIS SCHOOL YEAR, INTERNS CEO JOSI TORRES HAS MADE A BIG GOAL OF HIS IS TO REENGAGE THE STUDENTS THAT THE DISTRICT MIGHT'VE LOST TOUCH WITH DURING THE PANDEMIC.

SO, THEY BELIEVE THAT THESE CHECKS, WHICH WILL HELP COVER AS I SAID, EDUCATIONAL COSTS, WILL HELP THE DISTRICT REENGAGE WITH THE STUDENTS AND BRING SOME OF THEM BACK AND AFTER A YEAR AWAY FROM FIRST LEARNING.

>> FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN WHO THINK ARE ELIGIBLE, HOW CAN THEY APPLY BE SURE TO GET THAT?

>> THERE'S AN ONLINE APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE TO THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEBSITE.

FAMILIES CAN ALSO PICK UP HARDCOPY PICKARD PAPER COPY THAT THEY CAN APPLY FROM ANYONE AT THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

>> OKAY, WT TW REPORTER MATT MASTERS.

THANKS FOR JOINING US MASS MAC.

>> THANKS.

>> YOU CAN JOIN IS IT WT TW/NEWS., OUR LATEST LIKE VOICES BOOK CLUB SELECTION IS ABOUT HOW BROWNSVILLE PLAYED A ROLE IN SHAPING FREEMAN'S LIVES.

THE CONVERSATION REPORTED EARLIER.

[MUSIC] JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR DON TURNER HAS BEEN WRITING ABOUT RACE, POLITICS, AND PEOPLE HER WHOLE CAREER.

BUT IN HER NEW BOOK, SHE TURNS HER PEN INWARD.

IN OUR LATEST LIKE VOICES BOOK CLUB SELECTION, WE LOOK AT TURNER'S REFLECTIONS ON HER OWN LIVES PACK AND HAD DIVERGED FROM THE LIVES OF THE TWO GIRLS SHE GREW CLOSEST TO.

HER SISTER KIM AND HER BEST FRIEND DEBORAH.

LEX THE BOOK WAS CALLED THREE GIRLS FROM BROWNSVILLE.

A UNIQUELY AMERICAN MEMOIR OF RACE STATE AND SISTERHOOD.

>> AUTHOR DON TURNER JOINS US NOT TO TALK ABOUT IT DON, WELCOME BACK TO CHICAGO TONIGHT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.>> THREE DOES HE WRITE ABOUT OF COURSE ARE YOU, YOUR SISTER KIM AND YOUR CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND DEBORAH.

AND IT FOLLOWS THE THREE OF YOU THROUGH YOUR VERY DIVERGENT PATHS.

HER SISTER WAS BORN IN YEAR THREE.

CAN YOU TELL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT KIM AND YOUR FAMILY?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

INSURANCE BROUGHT HER HOME FROM THE VERY MOMENT.

SHE WAS A MYSTERY TO ME.

HEADSTRONG, FEARLESS, AND STUBBORN.

AND MY MOTHER WOULD SAY THAT LITTLE GIRL IS NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING.

SHE IS THE ONE WHO CHALLENGED MY PARENTS FROM GETTING TO THE END.AND I WAS THE KID WAS NOT PERFECT.

BUT, ALSO MUCH MORE PART.

SOME OF US WERE VERY DIFFERENT IN THAT REGARD.

YES.

>> GO AHEAD, I'M SORRY.

>> SHE WAS JUST ALWAYS ON THE MOVE.

AND THAT WAS JUST HER PERSONALITY.

>> AND THEN OF COURSE HE BECAME FRIENDS WITH DEBORAH.

LATER ON WHEN YOU WERE EIGHT.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE TWO OF YOU WERE AN UNLIKELY PAIR?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SHE HAD VERY MUCH THE SAME QUALITIES AS MY SISTER.

I WOULD ALWAYS SAY THAT DEBORAH AND I WERE BEST FRIENDS.

THEY WERE SOULMATES.

THE THINGS THAT I DID NOT ADMIRE WITH MY SISTER, BECAUSE SHE WAS MY SISTER, I LOVED DEBORAH.

SHE ALSO KEPT OUT OF TROUBLE WAS HEADSTRONG, CHALLENGE THE TEACHERS.

FOR ME, THAT WAS SCAFFOLDING.

THEY WERE JUST SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO PUSH OUT OF THE WAY.

AND REALLY THE WHOLE NOTION ABOUT OPPOSITES ATTRACTING AND ABSOLUTELY.

THAT [INDISCERNIBLE] >> FOURTH CHARACTER IN THE TITLE IS BROWNSVILLE.

ITSELF.

ESPECIALLY THE PRIVATE LAW GARDEN WHERE YOU LIVE.

AND THE NEARBY IDA B WELLS HOUSING.

WHAT ROLE DO YOU THINK IS BUILDINGS AND NEIGHBORHOODS PLAY AND YOUR LIVES AS WELL AS THE LIVES OF KIM AND DEBORAH?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THIS WAS OUR COMMUNITY FIRST OF ALL AND OUR COMMUNITY WAS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE TO THE NORTH OF US.

[INDISCERNIBLE] TO THE NORTH OF US.

WHICH IS FOR THE BLACK ELITE.

JUDGES AND LAWYERS AND POLITICIANS WERE THERE.

AS YOU MENTIONED, IDB WELLS AND ITS HEADACHE WAS BEAUTIFUL.

AND JUST A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

HAVEN, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE ANSWER TO THE TENANTS AND PEOPLE WHO WOULD COME UP FROM THE GREAT MIGRATION.

DURING THE GREAT MIGRATION.

THEY HAD TO LIVE IN THESE HORRIBLE PLACES AND IDB WELLS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE ANSWER TO THAT.

AND AFTER A WHILE DISPOSED TO THE ABANDONMENT AND IT BECAME A PLACE OF HER IT WAS DEPLORABLE.

WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE.

IT IS PRIVATELY OWNED.

BUT, WE WERE WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE WITH MIDDLE-CLASS ASPIRATIONS.

SO, YOU HAD TENSIONS BETWEEN THE TWO BETWEEN IDA B WELLS AND WALLACE.

IT WAS KIND OF IT PERCEIVED.

THERE WERE THESE PERCEIVED DIFFERENCES.

BECAUSE WE WERE ALL PEOPLE WHO WERE STRIVING.

VERY DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.

>> AND DURING YOUR TIME AT THE COLUMNIST AND THE TRIBUNE, HE WROTE ABOUT DEBORAH'S TIME IN PRISON.

AND I DON'T THINK I'M GIVING ANYTHING AWAY IN THE BOOK HERE.

OBVIOUSLY, IT WILL ALL BE THERE.

IN HER RETURN TO COLLEGE, WHILE SHE WAS IN PRISON, WHAT WAS IT LIKE YOU KNOW, WRITING ABOUT A FRIEND AS SHE WRITING ABOUT HER STORY AS IT'S HAPPENING?

>> WELL, IN 2000 READ ABOUT HER FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THAT'S WHEN SHE WAS SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS IN PRISON.

AND CONVICTED OF MURDER.

AND THEN, I WROTE ABOUT HER FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER JUST AS A FOLLOW-UP.

NEVER REALIZED THOSE WERE VERY MUCH A CAUTIONARY TALE TYPE STORY.

THE THING I WROTE ABOUT HER WHEN I WAS 27 IS THAT SHE GRADUATED WITH HONORS.

AND WHILE IN PRISON GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE.

SOMETHING THAT SHE STRUGGLED TO DO WHILE SHE WAS ON THE OUTSIDE.

THAT STORY RESONATED.

I GOT ONE OR TWO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THE COUNTRY EMAILS AND LETTERS.

BECAUSE THAT STORY WAS THE STORY ABOUT REDEMPTION AND WE, I THINK WE REALLY ADMIRED THOSE.

WE LOVE PEOPLE WHO WERE ABLE TO CHANGE A LOT.

AND THAT'S FOR DEBORAH.

AND HER EXPERIENCE BUT WHICH I THINK IS UNFORTUNATELY A LITTLE BIT RARE IN THAT SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.

>> SHE AND THE WOMEN WHO GRADUATED WITH HER CAR CERTAINLY THE EXCEPTION IN PRISON.

I ALSO MENTIONED WAS PAINFUL FOR YOU TO READ ABOUT YOUR SISTER.

BOTH DIFFERENCE, BUT OF COURSE HER SISTER KIM WHO DIED SO YOUNG.

WAS IT WAS THERAPEUTIC FOR YOU?

>> I HAD NEVER WRITTEN ABOUT KIM BEFORE.

FACT, MINISTERED TO THINK ABOUT THIS, I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOUT TWO GIRLS.

SHE'S A DEBORAH AND DEBORAH, TWO GIRLS WHO HAD TAKEN TOTALLY DIFFERENT PATHS.

AND THEN WHEN I STARTED WRITING UP THE PROPOSAL MY SISTER RESORTED VERY MUCH WITH THE PERSONALITY, LEFT OFF THE PAGE AND YES, I WOULD NOT SAY THAT IT IS DIFFERENTLY HAS GET A CHANCE TO DO RESEARCH.

AND THE PEOPLE HERE.

IF ANY ABOUT THEM OR MYSELF.

AND IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.

AND I WILL CONTINUE TO WRITE THE TYPE OF STORIES AND OTHER STORIES THAT ARE RIGHT.

THAT HAVE BEEN AN OFFSHOOT OF THE TWO OF THEM BEING IN MY LIFE.

BUT, I THINK THIS STORY I GET TO PUT IT TO THE BED NOW.

>> PUT THE BED AS THE WRITERS SAY.

IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO LEAVE.

TO GET FOLKS INTERESTED IN THE BOOK AS WELL.

THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE, THAT THE READER.

WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE.

DON TURNER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> THE BOOK IS CALLED THREE GIRLS FROM BROWNSVILLE.

A UNIQUELY AMERICAN MEMOIR OF FATE AND SISTERHOOD.

BLACK VOICES RIGHT AFTER THIS.

[MUSIC] >> A CHICAGO DANCE GETTING A FORMAL DEBUT AS A PART OF OUR ON THE MARKET CORRESPONDENT ANGELITA SHARES HAD THIS MASSIVE PRODUCTION TITLE FOOTNOTE IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO MUSIC AND DANCE STYLE THAT'S HAD GLOBAL IMPACT.

>> IT'S ABOUT CONVENING IN BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND REALLY MAXIMIZING THE POTENTIAL OF THIS PLATFORM.

TWO CATALYZE CONVERSATION AROUND THE MOST IMPORTANT IDEAS AND INNOVATIONS AND ISSUES OF OUR TIME.>> FOR WORKING IS NOT FROM THAT CONSISTS OF BOTH MUSIC AND DANCE AND HAS BROUGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

NOW THEY'RE BRINGING FOLKS DOWNTOWN SUDDENLY KNOWN AS THE MERCHANDISE MART.

SEE ANIMATED PROJECTION CREATED BY BRANDON CALHOUN.>> IT'S NOT JUST A DANCE.

IT'S THE MUSIC AS WELL.

THE MUSIC GENRE FOOTWORK IS A FAST-PACED ELECTRIC THING.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN LIKE A FUTURISTIC SENT TO ME.

DRUM BASIS AND PATTERNS AND TRIPLETS.

SO, IT'S LIKE A LOT OF ENERGY IN THE MUSIC.

SO, THE MUSIC IS PEOPLE ENJOY THE DON'T NECESSARILY DANCE.

>> CHICAGO FOOTWORK ARE SAYS YOU CANNOT HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER.

AS HE BREAKS DOWN THE HISTORY OF FOOT WORKING.

>> THEN WENT FROM HOUSE TO GET A HOUSE TO GEOMETRIC FOOT WORKING.

NO, FOR WORKING IS NOT AN EASY THING, BUT IT'S NOT A HARD THING AT THE SAME TIME.

>> COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY.

ESPECIALLY MYSELF.

>> THAT'S WHY FOOT WORKING IS MORE THAN ABOUT THE ARTFORM.

DANCERS IT'S ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT IS NOT ONLY SAVING, BUT CREATING.

>> DUE TO LIFE SITUATIONS, BECOMING AN EARLY AGE FATHER I HAD ANOTHER OUTLET TO RELEASE THE STRESS.ESCAPE ANYTHING.

>> WHEN I DID SEE THAT FOOTWORK, IT BECAME THE BIGGEST OUTLET FOR ME.

IT WAS JUST LIKE THE THING WELL, SAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO, THE FUTURE THAT, ESPECIALLY IN CHICAGO AND THE IMPOVERISHED NEIGHBORHOOD, THE MORE FUNDING FOR, THE MORE OUTREACH WE GOT FOR KIDS AND SCHOOLS.

THE MORE THEY COME INTO GET THIS ENERGY OUT AND IN A BETTER WAY THAT'S NOT VIOLENT.

OR IS NOT JUST CHOREOGRAPHED A-BASED DANCE.

IT'S ALL IMPROVISATIONAL DANCE.

SO, WE GET THE KIND OF TALK TO EACH OTHER THAT WAY.

>> COPRODUCER WILL GLASS AGREES.

AND SAYS THAT'S WHY THE ARE ON THE MARK PROJECTIONS ARE IMPERATIVE IN GIVING THE COMMUNITY AND THE CRAFT THE FLOWERS IT DESERVES.

>> IT BECAME MUCH MORE THAN ABOUT THE MUSIC OR THE DANCE.

IT BECAME ABOUT YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING INEQUALITY IN A CITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE FACING THE MOST CONSEQUENCES.

ESPECIALLY BLACK COMMUNITIES.

THAT KIND OF CAUSED ME TO QUESTION YOU KNOW, THE PROCREATION OF FOOTWORK.

OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO.

AND THINK ABOUT HOW CAN I HELP AS A WHITE PERSON?

MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED THIS CONTINUE TO BE RECOGNIZED?

>> IT TOOK A WHOLE CHICAGO CULTURE INTO ONE.

YOU SEE IF GOT BUCKET BOYS.

YOU GOT A DJ.

GOT A SINGER.

IF GOT A DANCER.

IT'S JUST LIKE YOU KNOW?

A GOOD MIX OF EVERYTHING.

YOU KNOW?

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOUNGER GENERATIONS AND OLDER GENERATIONS BECAUSE YOU CAN BE INSPIRING.

AND YOU ARE PAYING HOMAGE TO THE PEOPLE BEFORE US.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES, I AM ANGELITA.

[MUSIC] >> YOU CAN SEE FOOTNOTES ON THE MARK AT NINE AND 9:30 IN THE EVENING THROUGH SEPTEMBER 16.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS SUNDAY NIGHT.

JOAN PARRISH AND ME AT SEVEN NEXT WEEK ON CHICAGO: TENANT.

THIS TIME THE FOCUS IS ON THE UNBUILT AND A NEWS DOCUMENTARY FROM KEN BURNS ON THE LEGENDARY BOXING CHAMPION BUT MOHAMMED MOLLY.

BEFORE WE GO, YESTERDAY IT MARKS BETWEEN THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACK.

AFTER THAT FATEFUL DAY IT WAS A MEMORABLE MOMENT IN SPORTS HISTORY.

IN THE FIRST HOME GAME AT WRIGLEY FIELD SINCE 9/11, COMES GREAT SAY MRS.

IT RAN ONTO THE FIELD HOLDING AN AMERICAN FLIGHT.DURING THE SAME GAME, WAS HIT A HOME RUN AND RAN THE BASES ALSO HOLDING A FLIGHT.

WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH IMAGES FROM THAT DAY.

AFTER ALMOST HERE TONIGHT AT CHICAGO TONIGHT BLACK VOICES, I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR WEEKEND WITH US.

STAY SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.

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