[♪♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

SPHA I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

>> I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT... >> I SHARE HIS DREAM OF WHO ILLINOIS COULD BE.

>> A NEW ENTRANCE SHAKES UP THE RACE FOR ILLINOIS GOVERNOR AND THAT AND TOP BALLOT RACES.

SPOTTING SCAMS HOW TO KNOW IF THE MASKS ARE YOU BUYING ARE THE REAL DEAL?

A DOCTOR BREAKS IT DOWN.

>> THE RED CROSS IS WARNING OF AA NATIONAL BLOOD CRISIS SOME CENTERS HAVE LESS THAN A DAY OF BLOOD SUPPLY OF SOME BLOOD TYPES.

>> THE CIVIL RIGHTS IS NOT OVER AND EXISTS IN THIS DOCUMENT IN THE PAST BUT IT'S ONGOING.

>> A NEW EXHIBIT AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM GOES BACK IN TIME TO OFFER LESSONS FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE.

>> I AM THE GREATEST.

>> FOR THE FIRST TIME, MUHAMMAD ALI DAY IS CELEBRATED IN ILLINOIS ALONGSIDE Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY.

WE HEAR FROM ONE OF ALI'S DAUGHTERS.

>> AND REMEMBERING A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO CAPTURED THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA AND TRAVELED THE SOUTH WITH JAMES BALDWIN.

>> BUT FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND BUSINESSES WERE CLOSED TODAY IN HONOR OF Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CHICAGO HONORED THE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER DURING ITS ANNUAL CELEBRATION WHICH INCLUDED A PRERECORDED EVENT STREAMING ON FACEBOOK.

IT FOCUSED ON WORK IN THE CITY TO ACHIEVE AN EQUITABLE ECONOMY IN A CAMPAIGN STYLE SPEECH MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT TOUTED PROJECTS HER ADMINISTRATION HAS WORKED ON RELATED TO EQUITY INCLUDING THE CITY'S INVEST SOUTHWEST INITIATIVE.

>> Dr. KING STOOD FOR MANY THINGS.

AND AMONG THEM HE UNDERSTOOD THAT ECONOMIC EQUITY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHT.

Dr. KING FOUGHT FOR ECONOMIC EQUITY IN A WORLD FULL OF STRUCTURAL BARRIERS PUT IN PLACE BY THE GOVERNING BODIES IN SOCIETY OF THE TIME.

AND WHILE WE HAVE NOT REACHED THE PROMISED LAND, I CANNOT HELP BUT WISH WE LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO SEE HOW FAR WE HAVE COME.

>> THE FAMILY OF A MAN KILLED LAST MONTH WHEN A TORNADO HIT AN AMAZON FACILITY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS IS SUING THE ON-LINE MEGA RETAILER.

ALWAYS ALICE MCEWEN WAS A DELIVERY DRIVER AND ONE OF SIX PEOPLE KILLED WHEN A TORNADO STRUCK THE DISTRIBUTION FACILITY IN EDWARDSVILLE ILLINOIS CAUSING THE BUILDING TO COLLAPSE.

AMAZON FORCED ALICE MCEWEN AND OTHER EMPLOYEES TO WORK WHEN MANAGEMENT KNEW CONDITIONS WERE UNSAFE AFTER TORNADO WARNINGS WERE ISSUED.

HIS MOTHER SAID THEY DECIDED TO FILE A LAWSUIT AFTER READING NEWS REPORTS ABOUT THE BUILDING'S COLLAPSE.

>> WE SPENT THE PAST MONTH READING COUNTLESS ARTICLES HOW AMAZON KNEW A TORNADO WAS COMING BUT MADE A DECISION TO HAVE OUR SON AND OTHERS WORK INSTEAD OF EVACUATING THE AREA WITH NO STORM SHELTER IN PLACE.

AUSTIN WAS A WONDERFUL SON HE WAS ONLY 26 YEARS OLD.

WE LOOKED FORWARD TO SEEING HIM GET MARRIED, HAVE CHILDREN OF HIS OWN AND CELEBRATE LIFE.

>> AFTER THE TORNADO AMAZON OFFICIALS SAID THERE WAS A DESIGNATED SHELTER IN THE WAREHOUSE WHERE WORKERS COULD TAKEOVER.

BUT ATTORNEYS CLAIM THE COMPANY DIDN'T HAVE A BASEMENT SHELTER A SAFETY PLAN OR ADEQUATE EMERGENCY PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THE OCCUPATIONAL AND OF SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION AND WE SHOULD NOTE THE FAMILY IS BEING REPRESENTED BY CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES A SUPPORTERS FOR WTTW.

>> THE LATE BETTY WHITE WOULD HAVE TURNED 100 TODAY.

THE FORMER GOLDEN GIRLS STAR WAS BORN IN OAK PARK ILLINOIS IN 1922.

SHE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA SHORTLY AFTER.

WHITES WITH A PIONEER FOR WOMEN WORKING IN TELEVISION SHE STARRED IN THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW.

THE ACTRESS WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR ANIMALS.

FANS ARE DONATING TO ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS IN HER HONOR PART OF WHAT IS DUBBED ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS THE BETTY WHITE CHALLENGE.

SHE DIED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.

>> UP NEXT ILLINOIS' RACE FOR GOVERNOR HEATS UP.

STAY WITH US.

>> "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> ILLINOIS WOULD NORMALLY BE IN THE THROES OF CAMPAIGN SEASON BUT LAWMAKERS PUSHED THE PRIMARY BACK FROM MARCH TO JUNE.

WTTW FIRST REPORTED LAST WEEK THAT TODAY WOULD SEE A NEW ENTRANT INTO THE CAMPAIGN FOR ILLINOIS GOVERNOR AND TODAY THAT CANDIDATE MAKES IT OFFICIAL.

AMANDA VINICKY NOW JOINS US WITH MORE.

LATER THAN NORMAL, BUT TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT NOT A SURPRISE?

>> YES, PARIS.

WE'VE HEARD RUMORS ABOUT THIS NEW ENTRANT FOR A WHILE AND EVERYTHING IS A LITTLE BIT OFF BECAUSE THE PRIMARY DATE WAS SHIFTED FROM UNTIL JUNE THIS YEAR.

SO THE TRADITIONAL SCHEDULE IS A BIT OFF AND SOME CANDIDATES DECLARING AS LONG AS A YEAR AGO THEY WOULD BE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR.

CAMPAIGN SEASON HERE NOW BECAUSE AS OF THURSDAY CANDIDATES WERE ABLE TO COLLECT THE PETITION SIGNATURES THAT THEY NEED TO OFFICIALLY GET ON THE 2022 BALLOT.

AND AS OF TODAY THERE IS A NEW ENTRANT IN THE TOP OF THE TICKET RACE AND THAT IS THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR RUNNING IS AURORA MAYOR RICHARD IRVIN.

>> I GREW UP IN SECTION 8 PUBLIC HOUSING IN AURORA AND SERVE AS MAYOR.

MOM HAD ME AT 16.

A SINGLE MOTHER WORKING TWO JOBS.

DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OF A FATHER BUT MY GRANDDAD.

TAUGHT ME TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF.

>> IRVIN IS THE GREAT GRANDSON OF ENSLAVED MAN RICHARD BACKS TORO OWE [INAUDIBLE] AND WENT ON TO SERVE IN DESERT STORM AND A PROSECUTOR AND IRVIN WAS ELECTED MAYOR OF AURORA, ILLINOIS' SECOND LARGEST CITY.

THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CAMPAIGN ANNOUNCEMENT POINTS OUT IF HE WINS THE PRIMARY HE WOULD BE THE FIRST BLACK NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR IN ILLINOIS FROM EITHER MAJOR PARTY.

WE'RE PLAYING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT INSTEAD OF A DIRECT QUOTE BECAUSE HE WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE TO JOURNALISTS TODAY.

HIS CAMPAIGN SAYS HE WILL BE SOON.

DESPITE THAT QUIET ROLL OUT IRVIN IS GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION.

AND THIS GLOWING STATEMENT FROM KEN GRIFFIN SAYING IRVIN'S LIFE EMBODIES THE AMERICAN DREAM POINTS TO YFT.

AS MAYOR OF AURORA HE DELIVERED ON THE ISSUES ILLINOISIANS CARE MOST ABOUT: IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY, CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND GOVERNING WITH INTEGRITY GRIFFIN SAID.

GRIFFIN IS ILLINOIS' RICHEST MAN AND THIS FALL HE CAME OUT STRONG AGAINST INCUMBENT GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER.

>> SINCE I LAST SPOKE IN 2013, 25,000 OF MY FELLOW CHICAGOANS HAVE BEEN SHOT.

AND IT IS A DISGRACE THAT OUR GOVERNOR WILL NOT INSERT HIMSELF INTO THE CHALLENGE OF ADDRESSING CRIME IN OUR CITY.

IT IS A DISGRACE.

[APPLAUSE] >> GRIFFIN'S STATEMENT ABOUT IRVIN DID NOT SAY THAT HE WILL FUND IRVIN'S CAMPAIGN AND HE INDICATED THAT THE TWO HAVE NEVER MET.

BUT THIS IS TELLING BECAUSE HE DID NOT EXPRESS ANY EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE OTHER G.O.P.

CANDIDATES.

GRIFFIN NOT THE ONLY ONE OPENING UP HIS WALLET.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER HAS DONE SO.

FOUR YEARS AGO PRITZKER HEIR TO THE HYATT FORTUNE SPENT $170 MILLION TO WIN OFFICE AND HE PUT MORE THAN $130 MILLION INTO HIS CAMPAIGN FUND SO FAR THIS ELECTION CYCLE.

INCLUDING $90 MILLION ON FRIDAY.

MY INBOX TWITTER FEED AND PHONE WERE FULL OF REACTION TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM IRVIN, FROM UNIONS, BLACK LEGISLATORS WHO ACCUSED IRVIN OF CO-OPING MLK DAY.

AND A VIDEO WAS SHOWING IRVIN COMPLIMENTING PRITZKER.

>> IT IS MY HONOR TO BRING TO THE PODIUM GREAT FRIEND, A GREAT LEADER, WHO GUIDED OUR STATE WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND COMPASSION THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC.

>> NOW, IT IS CLEAR THAT IRVIN IS A TARGET FOR DEMOCRATS WHO APPEAR TO BE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT HE NEVER MAKES IT TO THE GENERAL ELECTION.

SEVERAL OF IRVIN'S REPUBLICAN COMPETITORS LASHING OUT, TOO.

OTHER REPUBLICANS IN THE RACE FOR THE STATE'S TOP JOB ARE STATE SENATOR DARREN BAILEY DAR, AND PAUL SCHIMPF AND JESSE SULLIVAN.

AND THE STATEMENT BAILEY SAYING WE BELIEVE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S NOMINEE SHOULD BE A REPUBLICAN NOT SOMEONE WHO MADE A CAREER BEING A PRO ABORTION DEMOCRAT THAT PRAISES PRITZKER AND DOESN'T SHARE OUR PRINCIPLES.

THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY DOES NOT ENDORSE CANDIDATES.

BUT THE STATEMENT PROCLAIMED IRVIN AS A FULL-FLEDGED MEMBER.

HE SAID MAYOR RICHARD IRVIN IS A REPUBLICAN AND I WELCOME ANY REPUBLICAN WHO WANTS TO JOIN OUR STELLAR FIELD OF G.O.P.

GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES I URGE ALL TO ADOPT RONALD REAGAN'S COMANT AND FOCUS FIRE ON GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER.

ALL OF THIS ATTENTION PAIRS THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON THE IRVIN ANNOUNCEMENT DOES SHOW HE HAS A TOUGH PATH AHEAD BUT ALSO THAT CANDIDATES ON BOTH SIDES ARE TAKING HIM SERIOUSLY.

BACK TO YOU.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AS YOU DID, I GOT A LOT OF SWIFT REACTION FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

IT IS NOTABLE THAT GRIFFIN THE STATE'S RICHEST RESIDENT WEIGHS IN WITH A STATEMENT WHEN HE DID NOT DO THAT WITH OTHER CANDIDATES.

SOURCES TOLD US THAT THE OF GRIFFIN HAS NOT MADE UP HIS MIND WHO TO BACK BUT IF YOU TALK TO ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS, THE BELIEF IS THAT POLITICAL ADVISERS TO GRIFFIN HAVE TARGETED IRVIN FOR A LONGTIME HERE.

AND CLEARLY, AS YOU BROUGHT UP IN YOUR STATEMENT, PAST AND PRESENT NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN GRIFFIN AND PRITZKER.

>> AND NO, GRIFFIN FUNDED THE CAMPAIGN THAT DEFEATED THE GRADUATED INCOME TAX PRITZKER CALLED THE FAIR TAX AND THE NOTION IS THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT HELPS IRVIN THAT IT SHOWS THAT SUBURBAN VOTERS, MODERATES ARE NOT COMPLETELY LOST TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY EVEN AS WE HAVE SEEN WHAT WERE ONCE REPUBLICAN MAINSTAY COLLAR COUNTIES AND TOWNS MOVING MORE AND MORE TOWARD THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

REPUBLICANS BELIEVE IF THEY CAN GET A MODERATE LIKE IRVIN OUT OF THE PRIMARY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COMPETE IN A MIDTERM ELECTION LOOKING TO THE SUCCESS OF HOW GRIFFIN'S MONEY WAS USED IN THE FAIR TAX.

AS YOU NOTED, GRIFFIN NOT SAYING HE IS GOING TO FUND THIS SLATE.

BUT IT IS VERY CLEAR BY THE WAY NOT JUST IRVIN OTHER CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE THAT APPEAR HAVE THE SAME SET OF ADVISERS AND ROLL OUT TRAJECTORY HERE THAT THIS IS A COORDINATED CAMPAIGN.

SO WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONGTIME NOW IT'S OFFICIAL.

>> A LOT OF FOLKS VETERANS OF RAUNER ADMINISTRATION AND FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARK KIRK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> AND UP NEXT TIPS ON COMMUTING THE RIGHT FACE MASKS.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> TO MASK OR NOT TO MASK AND WHICH MASK IS MOST EFFECTIVE?

THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION IS PROVIDING CLARITY ON THAT SECOND QUESTION.

N95 MASKS AND SIMILAR HIGH FILTRATION RESPIRATORS OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION AGAINST COVID AND CLOTH MASKS PROVIDE THE LEAST PROTECTION.

JOINING US IS Dr. IRFAN HAFIZ, INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AND CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF NORTH MEDICINE.

Dr. IRFAN HAFIZ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE C.D.C.

SAYING WITH THE NEW GUIDANCE ON MASKS?

>> REALLY I THINK THE TAKE HOME POINT IS THAT OMICRON SPREAD IS VERY SERIOUS.

INFECT ACTIVITY IS QUITE A BIT.

>> THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF USING A CLOTH MASK ARE PROBABLY NOT SUFFICIENT.

AND THAT IS WHY IN THE GUIDANCE THEY'VE TRIED TO PUSH PEOPLE AWAY FROM CLOTH MASKS TO MULTILAYERED MASKS OR MASKS WITH BETTER FILTRATION, SURGICAL MASKS OR GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO N95 MASKS.

>> AND N95 MASKS THEY ARE CONSIDERED THE GOLD STANDARD.

HOW SO?

>> WELL, WE'VE BEEN USING THEM FOR DECADES.

THEY ARE DESIGNED TO REMOVE 95% OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL FROM THE AIR THAT YOU ARE INHALING.

WE'VE USED THEM FOR A LONGTIME FOR TUBERCULOSIS AND AIRBORNE ILLNESSES.

WE KNOW THEY ARE EFFICIENT.

>> AND WE HAVE ALL N95 MASKS, KN95 MASKS, KF94 WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE MASKS?

>> WELL, THERE ARE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES.

THE N95 MASK IS AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATION AND 95 IS WHAT WE USE IN THE UNITED STATES.

THERE ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STANDARDS AT THE HOSPITAL LEVEL WE ONLY USE N95 MASKS WHEN WE ARE IN THE HOSPITAL.

>> AND THE BLUE SURGICAL MASKS I SEE MOST COMMONLY SEE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE EASIEST TO GET.

THE C.D.C.

SAYS THEY ARE ACCEPTABLE ALTERNATIVE FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES WHEN INTERACTING PATIENTS.

>> I DO THINK THAT IS.

I THINK THE N95 MASKS ARE CUMBERSOME TO USE.

THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO BREATHE IT WEARING THEM FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.

IF YOU ARE AT HIGH-RISK, IF YOU HAVE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED OR WORKING IN AN ENVIRONMENT WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT MAY POTENTIALLY BE CONTAGIOUS AN N95 MASK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN THAT SITUATION.

FOR MOST OTHER SITUATIONS MOVING FROM A CLOTH MASK TO A SURGIAL MASK IS PROBABLY MORE APPROPRIATE FOR MOST PEOPLE.

>> AND IN TERMS OF N95 MASK IT IS HARD TO FIND.

IS THERE A NATIONWIDE SHORTAGE?

OR IS IT JUST A MATTER OF YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK?

>> WELL THERE IS A SUPPLY CONSTRAINT AROUND THE N95 MASKS.

THEY ARE HARDER TO MANUFACTURE SO THEY ARE MORE LIMITED SUPPLY PLUS WE'RE TRYING TO USE A LOT AT THE HOSPITALS WHERE THEY ARE MOST NEEDED AS WELL TO PROTECT OUR HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

>> AND THERE MIGHT BE BAD ACTORS HOW DOES A CONSUMER KNOW WHAT A LEGITIMATE N95 MASK IS VERSUS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT LEGITIMATE?

>> YEAH, AND THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR CERTIFICATION ON THE BOX.

AND USUALLY IMPRINTED ON THE MASKS THEMSELVES.

THERE ARE REPORTS UP TO 60% OF KN95 MASKS DON'T NEAT STANDARDS AND THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE WARY OF.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE REUSE?

THERE'S TALK IN DAYS ABOUT THAT.

ARE THEY SAFE FOR REUSE?

AND WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO REUSE THEM?

>> WHEN WE DO HAVE CONSTRAINTS IN SUPPLY REUSING OF THE MASKS BOTH SURGICAL AND N95 MASK CAN BE DONE IF DONE PROPERLY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TOUCHING THEM THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AT THE END OF THE DAY PUT THEM IN A BROWN PAPER LIKE A LUNCH BAG THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE AND YOU CAN USE THEM FOR A FEW DAYS.

ONCE THE MASK'S SURFACE BECOMES WORN OR TORN OR WET CANNOT USE THEM AND YOU MUST USE A NEW MASK.

>> AND BACK TO THE C.D.C.

OFFICIAL GUIDANCE NOW ON CLOTH MASKS, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR A WHILE AMONG HEALTH EXPERTS THE CLOTH MASKS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE IN STOPPING ESPECIALLY SOMETHING LIKE OMICRON?

>> YEAH, I THINK THERE'S TWO FUNCTIONS THERE.

ONE IS THE INFECT ITY AND WHEN WE HAVE THE WIDESPREAD DISEASE PRESENT THE NUMBER OF POINTS YOU MIGHT BE EXPOSED IS IS HIGH.

THE CLOTH MASK MAY HAVE BEEN FIND A YEAR AGO ARE PROBABLY LESS EFFECTIVE.

IN ORDER TO PROTECT WE HAVE TO ELEVATE THE AMOUNT OF PROTECTION BY GOING AT LEAST TO A SURGICAL MASK.

>> IS THERE A DIFFERENT GUIDANCE WHEN IT COMES TO MASKS FOR CHILDREN?

>> YEAH, FOR CHILDREN, AGAIN IT'S HARD TO BREATHE THROUGH THE RESPIRATORS.

AND IT'S HARD TO FIND THE RIGHT SIZE FOR CHILDREN.

SIZING IS IMPORTANT WHEN YOU GET TO THE N95 MASK RESPIRATORS.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE ONE THAT FITS YOUR FACE CORRECTLY.

IF YOU HAVE FACIAL HAIR IT MAY NOT FIT.

IF YOU ARE A CHILD IT MAY NOT FIT AS WELL.

THE SURGICAL MASKS ARE BETTER AND USE THE ONES THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WIRE AROUND THE NOSE SO YOU CAN PRESS DOWN AND HAVE IT CONFORM TO THE FACE AND REDUCE AIR LEAKS.

>> A LOST USEFUL ADVICE THROUGH TO Dr. IRFAN HAFIZ.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> UP NEXT A VISIT TO A NEW INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT THAT HONORS BLACK AMERICANS KILLED DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA.

SO PLEASE STAY WITH US.

>> THE EMMETT TILL CIVIL RIGHTS ACT ALLOWED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO REEXAMINE THE CASES OF 150 BLACK AMERICANS KILLED DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA.

THE ACT IS CENTRAL TO AN INITIATIVE TITLED UNRESOLVED.

THE PROJECT'S LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO PROVIDE RESOLUTION FOR FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS IT GIVES AN INDEPTH LOOK WHO THE PEOPLE WERE THROUGH A PODCAST, DOCUMENTARY AND AN INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM.

ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL IDOWU TAKES US TO BRONZEVILLE FOR THAT STORY.

[♪♪♪] >> MORE THAN 150 NAMES OF PEOPLE KILLED DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT STAND ON DISPLAY IN A SPECIAL EXHIBIT AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM.

THEIR LIVES WERE CUT SHORT AT THE HANDS OF RACE RELATED KILLINGS MORE THAN 50 YEARS AGO.

BUT THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THEIR DEATHS LIVE ON.

THIS EXHIBIT CAN BEST BE EXPLORED THROUGH THE APPS GUIDE.

WALKING VISITORS THROUGH EACH PERSON'S STORY.

>> MORE THAN 100 CASES WERE INITIALLY REOPENED UNDER THE TILL ACT.

>> THE APP REQUIRES VISITORS TO SCAN A QR CODE FOUND NEXT TO EACH NAME AND THAT IS WHERE THEIR STORY BEGINS.

>> SAY HIS NAME TO BEGIN HIS STORY.

>> ONE OF THE STORIES IS THAT OF ROW A MILITARY POLICE OFFICER KILLED AT 27 YEARS OLD.

HIS SON CORDERO DUCKSWORTH SAYS HE DID NOT LEARN OF HIS FATHER'S DEATH UNTIL HE WAS AN ADULT.

HE SAYS HIS MOTHER WANTED HIM OR SIBLINGS TO GROW UP HAVING HATE OR RESENTMENT TOWARD WHITE PEOPLE SO SHE NEVER TOLD THEM.

>> TO TEACH US WHAT SHE WANTED US TO KNOW SHE HAD TO MAKE THAT SACRIFICE.

>> BLACK FOLKS TODAY AS WELL AS YESTERDAY ALWAYS HAVE TO BE THE BIGGER PERSON.

IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

AND SOMETIMES WE DO IT BECAUSE WITHOUT US KNOWING ABOUT IT.

>> SINCE FINDING OUT ABOUT HIS FATHER'S DEATH HE HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO GET THE CASE REOPENED WHY HE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE CREATION OF THE UNRESOLVED PROJECT.

HOW DO YOU THINK THIS EXHIBIT WILL HELP YOU AND THE OTHER FAMILIES INVOLVED HEAL FROM THE LOSS OF YOUR LOVED ONES?

>> I THINK THEY WILL HELP A GREAT DEAL.

THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT IS HURTING.

JUST TRYING TO GET RESOLUTION.

>> THE EXHIBIT IS GOOD.

THEY SHOULD GO AND SEE IT.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE PAST.

AND IT'S ABOUT SHOWING YOU HOW TO GO FORTH IN THE FUTURE AND THAT IS THE IMPORTANT THING HOW TO GO FORTH IN THE FUTURE.

DON'T FORGET THE PAST.

BUT LIVE FOR THE FUTURE.

AND WHEN YOU LIVE FOR THE FUTURE, DON'T HAVE SO MUCH ANGER AND ANIMOSITY.

I MEAN, WE ALL HAVE TO LIVE TOGETHER.

AND IF WE CAN'T DO THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE WORSE OFF THAN WHEN WE STARTED OUT.

>> CORDERO SAYS IT'S BECAUSE OF HIS MOTHER HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO LIVE WITH THIS MINDSET.

HE WAS ONE MORE WAY TO THANK HER.

>> THE ONLY THING I WANT IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR EVEN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS NOT A JUSTIFIED KILLING.

IF I CAN GET THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE ME AND MY FAMILY FEEL THAT MUCH BETTER AND I WISH I COULD HAVE GOT IT DONE BEFORE SHE DIED.

I DID WHAT I SAID TO MY MOTHER THAT I WAS GOING TO TRY TO DO.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M ANGEL IDOWU.

>> AND THE INSTALLATION IS SCHEDULED TO REMAIN AT THE MUSEUM THROUGH THE END OF MARCH.

>> JOINING US TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE EXHIBIT AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROJECT IS PERRI IRMER, PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF THE DID OF THEDUSABLE MUSEUM.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> WHY WAS THE INSTALLATION WAS SOMETHING THAT DUSABLE WAS INTERESTED IN HOSTING?

>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PBS FRONTLINE SINCE EARLY JUNE OF 2020 WHEN THEY CONTACTED US TO PARTNER WITH THEM ON THIS PROJECT AND BRING THIS AMAZING, WONDERFUL EXHIBIT TO THE DUSABLE MUSEUM.

AS YOU KNOW, THE DUSABLE IS THE OLDEST INDEPENDENT BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM IN THE NATION AND SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATE ALSO WHAT BETTER PLACE, HOME OF EMMETT TILL TO PRESENT THIS INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT CALLED UNRESOLVED THAT HONORS THE LIVES OF OVER 150 VICTIMS OF RACIAL MURDERS AND RACIAL VIOLENCE DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA.

>> WE SPOKE WITH THE ARTIST WHOSE STUDIO DESIGNED THE INSTALLATION AND AUGMENTED REALITY ELEMENTS, TAMARA SHOGAOLU HONORING THE STORIES OF THE PEOPLE DEPICTED.

>> WHEN I STARTED WORKING ON THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS AND I THINK AT THAT POINT I STARTED REFLECTING HOW THIS VIOLENCE IS CYCLICAL THE HISTORY OF RACIAL VIOLENCE IN AMERICA IS CYCLICAL AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT DIDN'T JUST SPOKE OF THE VIOLENCE BUT RATHER ACKNOWLEDGED THESE WERE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD FAMILIES AND DIFFERENT LIVES THAT WERE CUT SHORT BECAUSE OF RACISM.

>> PERRI IRMER HOW CAN INSTALLATIONS DRAW PARALLELS BETWEEN THE CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES OF PAST AND THE ONES THE COUNTRY FACES TODAY?

>> WELL, HERE WE ARE ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY.

IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

AND WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE SAME ISSUES WE WERE 50 YEARS AGO EVEN 100 YEARS AGO.

AND THIS INSTALLATION WHICH IS A RECLAIMING OF OUR NARRATIVE AND A COMPLETING OF THESE HISTORICAL NARRATIVES AND HISTORICAL STORIES THAT HAVE REMAINED COLD CASES FOR SO MANY YEARS.

THE EMMETT TILL ACT SPONSORED BY THE LATE CONGRESSMAN FROM GEORGIA.

>> JOHN LEWIS.

>> JOHN LEWIS ABSOLUTELY.

SO THIS IS NOT ONLY THE PLACE FOR THIS EXHIBIT BUT THE TIME FOR THIS EXHIBIT.

SO AS YOU GO THROUGH AND CLICK ON THESE QR CODES ON THE APP IN THE EXHIBIT, YOU HAVE TO SAY THE NAME OF THE VICTIM THREE TIMES TO PULL UP HIS OR HER STORY.

AND THEN YOU GET THAT INDEPTH CONTENT AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STORIES OF THEIR DEATHS.

IMAGINE IF THE VICTIMS OR THE WITNESSES TO THOSE CRIMES NIBBLELY HAD THE TECHNOLOGY THAT -- THE TECHNOLOGY THAT BROUGHT US THE TRUTH ABOUT LAQUAN McDONALD THE TRUTH ABOUT ARBORRY, THE TRUTH OF GEORGE FLOYD A DEATH -- >> I'M SURE IT'S VERY POWERFUL THAT PEOPLE GOING THROUGH THE EXHIBIT HAVE TO SAY THE NAME THREE TIMES OF THE VICTIM.

ALSO IN THE EXHIBIT, THE DESIGNER USED TREES, TELL US ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TREES PEOPLE WILL SEE AND THE SYMBOLISM OF THEM?

>> WELL, THE SYMBOLISM OF COURSE THE DARK SYMBOLISM IS THAT OUR BLACK BODIES WERE HUNG FROM TREES SO MANY TIMES DURING THE JIM CROW ERA IN THE SOUTH.

AND THE LYNCHINGS OF TODAY MAY BE ECONOMIC, THEY MAY BE STATE SANCTIONED OR MAYBE RANDOM.

BUT THE SYMBOLIC OF THE TREE NOT ONLY GROWING FROM THE EARTH AND TOWARDS HEAVEN BUT THE TREE THAT HAS BEEN THE SYMBOL OF SO MUCH VIOLENCE AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE DECADES IN AMERICA.

>> AND YOU'RE ALSO INTERESTED IN EXPANDING ON THIS INSTALLATION PARTNERING WITH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND REACHING OUT TO FAMILY MEMBERS OF SOME OF THE VICTIMS.

TELL US ABOUT THAT WORK?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

OUR DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, TIM DELANEY IS WORKING ON PROJECTS WITH YOUNG JOURNALISTS AND YOUNG LAWYERS AND WE ARE INTERESTED IN AS BRINGING AS MANY YOUTH TO SEE THIS EXHIBIT AS POSSIBLE.

IT WILL OPEN THIS SATURDAY JANUARY 22.

AND IT WILL STAY UP IN OUR BURNHAM HOUSE ROTUNDA THE PERFECT SETTING FOR IT THROUGH MARCH 27 OF THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT A LOT PEOPLE COME OUT AND SEE THAT AND THE REMAINING EXHIBITS ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL EXHIBITS INCLUDING THE INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITY EXHIBIT CALLED THE MARCH WHICH PUTS YOU IN FRONT OF Dr. KING AS HE IS DELIVERING HIS ICONIC I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH.

>> BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, THE EXHIBIT USES AUGMENTED TECHNOLOGY.

IN ABOUT 20 SECONDS HOW DO THE TECHNIQUES HELP YOU TO CONNECT WITH AUDIENCES?

>> WELL IT REACHES OUR YOUTH, RIGHT.

AND FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE THIS MAY SEEM LIKE ANCIENT HISTORY BECAUSE IT'S SO FAR REMOVED FROM THEIR DAILY LIVES TODAY.

YET IT IS SUCH THEIR DAILY LIVES IN ALL OF OUR LIVES.

BY PRESENTING THIS NARRATIVE PRESENTING THIS AMERICAN HISTORY, BECAUSE AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY, BY PRESENTING THIS THROUGH MEDIUMS THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND WORK WITH THEIR PHONES AND THE INTERNET EVERYDAY.

>> RIGHT BECAUSE IT IS AN APP.

PERRI IRMER -- >> THERE IS AN APP FOR HISTORY.

>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO JOIN YOU.

>> AGAIN THE INSTALLATION CALLED UNRESOLVED RUNS THROUGH MARCH AT THE DUSABLE MUSEUM AND THE FRONTLINE DOCUMENTARY AMERICAN RECKON SOMETHING ALSO TIED TO THE PROJECT AIRS ON WTTW NEXT MONTH.

AND NOW PARIS BACK TO YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.

>> AND STILL TO COME ON "CHICAGO TONIGHT"...

THE RED CROSS SOUNDS THE ALARM ON A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF BLOOD AS DONATIONS DROP AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

>> ON THE FIRST CELEBRATION OF MUHAMMAD ALI DAY IN ILLINOIS WE TALK WITH ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS ABOUT THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE GREATEST.

>> AND REMEMBERING A PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WHO PHOTOGRAPHED JAMES BALDWIN, JOHN LEWIS AND Dr. KING.

FIRST, SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES... >> SEVERAL COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS HOLD A DEMONSTRATION AGAINST SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT THE COMPANY HAS A LOCATION IN PILSEN AND APPLYING TO HAVE THE PERMIT RENEWED WITH ADDITIONAL PERMITS FROM THE ILLINOIS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL KWAME RAOUL IS SUING SIMS FOR ALLEGEDLY FAILING AN ADMISSIONS TEST IN MAY 20212021.

ORGANIZERS SAY THEY ARE MARKING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY BY DEMONSTRATING AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR SIMS METAL SAYS THE COMPANY IS COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING RESPONSIBLE OPERATIONS AND ETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES INCLUDING COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT IT OPERATES IN.

>> THE CHICAGO REGION IS GETTING A NEW AREA CODE.

THE NEW 464 AREA CODE WILL BE ADDED TO THE 708 AREA CODE REGION INCLUDING MOST OF WESTERN AND SOUTHERN COOK COUNTY ALONG WITH EASTERN AND SOUTHERN WILL COUNTY.

STARTING FRIDAY, CUSTOMERS IN THE REGION MAY BE ASSIGNED A NUMBER WITH A NEW 464 AREA CODE WHEN THEY REQUEST NEW SERVICE OR ADDITIONAL LINE.

CURRENT TELEPHONE NUMBERS WILL NOT CHANGE.

THE ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION SAYS IT'S IN RESPONSE FOR HIGH DEMAND FOR NEW NUMBERS.

I REMEMBER WHEN EVERYTHING WAS 312.

>> CHICAGO'S SINGLE-USE FOOD WARE ORDINANCE WILL GO INTO EFFECT TOMORROW.

IT WILL NOT BE INCLUDED UNLESS REQUESTED BY THE CUSTOMER.

SUPPORTERS SAY IT IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP TOWARDS PLASTIC REDUCTION.

CRITICS BLASTED THE MEASURE CALL TO GO WATERED DOWN GREEN WASHING.

SOME HOPE THAT WOULD HAVE BANNED PLASTIC FOAM TO GO CONTAINERS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WTTW.COM/NEWS.

>> HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS ARE SOUNDING THE ALARM OVER WHAT THEY SAY IS THE COUNTRY'S WORST BLOOD SHORTAGE IN OVER A DECADE.

THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS DECLARING IT QUOTE A NATIONAL BLOOD CRISIS AND RELEASED A STATEMENT WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SAYING QUOTE... >> AND JOINING US TO DISCUSS THE BLOOD SHORTAGE ARE CELENA ROLDAN C.E.O.

OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN ILLINOIS.

AND Dr. THOMASS ORYSZCZAK, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT AT NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE.

WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO "CHICAGO TONIGHT."

CELENA ROLDAN, EXPLAIN WHY THINGS ARE SO BAD RIGHT NOW.

>> SO AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR DURING THE WINTER MONTHS WE TYPICALLY ALWAYS SEE A BLOOD SHORTAGE AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF WEATHER, FLU, OTHER ILLNESSES, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES GOING ON BREAK.

BUT THIS MOST RECENT COVID SURGE IS EXACERBATING THE CHALLENGES WHERE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE AND CURRENTLY HAVE HAD BLOOD DONATION APPOINTMENTS ARE CANCELING BECAUSE THEY ARE TESTING POSITIVE OR EXPOSED CREATING OUR BLOOD SHORTAGE.

>> AND Dr. THOMASS ORYSZCZAK HOW IS THAT IMPACTING HOSPITALS AND THEIR ABILITY TO COMPLETE CRITICAL CARE SERVICES?

>> YES, THANKS.

THERE IS A COUPLE GROUPS WE WORRY ABOUT WHO REQUIRE ACCESS TO BLOOD FREQUENTLY.

FIRST IS PATIENTS SCHEDULED TO COME IN FOR A SURGERY THAT IS INVASIVE AND REQUIRE SOME FORM OF BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS.

THIS WOULD INCLUDE LIKE OPEN HEART SURGERY OR VASCULAR SURGERY.

IN THESE CASES WE PREPARE BLOOD TO BE MADE AVAILABLE AHEAD OF TIME.

PATIENTS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM CERTAIN BLOOD CANCER LIKE LEUKEMIA OR LYMPHOMAS REQUIRE TRANSFUSIONS ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE THAT ILLNESS PREVENTS THEIR BODY FROM PRODUCING THE NORMAL BLOOD COMPONENTS THAT A HEALTHY HUMAN IS ABLE TO PRODUCE.

THEY FREQUENTLY NEED SUPPORT UNDER REGULAR INTERVALS.

ADDITIONALLY, PATIENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY SPECIFIC FOR TREATMENT FOR TYPES OF CANCER AND COMMONLY REQUIRE TRANSFUSIONS DURING THE PERIOD IN THE CHEMOTHERAPY AND THAT IS THE FACT THE SIDE EFFECT AS IT'S HELPING FIGHT OFF THE CANCER.

>> THESE ARE ALL THINGS, DOCTOR, THAT BLOOD IS NECESSARY FOR.

AND CELENA ROLDAN PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE.

HOW MUCH SUPPLY IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW VERSUS WHAT IS TYPICALLY NEEDED?

>> THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAS SEEN A DECLINE OVER 10% SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN.

AND WE TYPICALLY HAVE A FIVE-DAY SUPPLY ON HAND AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING LESS THAN A ONE-DAY SUPPLY.

IT IS CRITICAL FOR DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS HAVING TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT WHO RECEIVES LIFE-SAVING BLOOD.

ONCE EVERY TWO SECONDS SOMEONE IN OUR COUNTRY NEEDS BLOOD.

BLOOD CANNOT BE STOCKPILED AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT BLOOD HAS A SHELF LIFE OF 42 DAYS AND CAN ONLY BE REPLENISHED BY DONORS.

>> ARE YOU SEEING THAT AT YOUR HOSPITAL WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DELAY CERTAIN PROCEDURES OR MAKE CHOICES BASED ON THE SUPPLY THAT IS AVAILABLE?

>> NO, WE HAVE NOT HAD THAT UP TO THIS POINT.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE DUE WITH THE SUPPLIES AVAILABLE.

THIS IS MORE PRESSING ISSUES FOR HOSPITALS SPECIFICALLY THOSE THAT ARE TRAUMA CENTERS WHERE THEY NEED THE BLOOD TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR SOMEBODY WHO MAY COME IN WITH SIGNIFICANT BLEEDING.

>> AND FOR THE FOLKS THAT WONDER WELL IF I'VE HAD COVID-19 OR HAVE THE VACCINATION IT IS SAFE FOR ME TO GIVE BLOOD.

WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE?

>> IT IS SAFE TO DONATE BLOOD.

BLOOD DONATION IS AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE IT'S CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND AVOIDING A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS TO INSURE THAT WE HAVE BLOOD SUPPLY ON HAND.

BLOOD DRIVES ARE SOME OF THE MOST REGULATED ENVIRONMENTS.

WE ARE FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS THE SAFETY OF OUR DONORS IS TOP PRIORITY WE ARE ENCOURAGING INDIVIDUALS CAN IF YOU'VE RECOVERED FROM COVID-19 IT IS SAFE FOR YOU TO DONATE AND IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THERE'S ABOUT NO CASE OF A TRANSMISSION OF A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS THROUGH BLOOD DONATIONS.

>> Dr. THOMASS ORYSZCZAK HOW EXTRAORDINARY IS IT THAT YOU ARE SEEING THE RED CROSS CALL THIS A CRISIS RIGHT NOW?

DOES THAT SPEAK TO THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION?

>> I THINK IT ABSOLUTELY DOES.

THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED.

AND I THINK LIKE CELENA ROLDAN WAS MENTIONING THE CON INFLUENCE OF FACTORS THAT LED US TO THIS POINT.

>> AND CELENA ROLDAN THERE'S BEEN AN ISSUE CONFUSION AROUND GAY MEN AND THEIR ABILITY TO DONATE BLOOD.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOOSENED RESTRICTIONS.

WHAT IS THAT STATUS RIGHT NOW?

>> THE AMERICAN RED CROSS ARE REGULATED BY THE F.D.A.

AND IN APRIL OF 2020 THE F.D.A.

DID REDUCE THE RESTRICTIONS ON MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH OTHER MEN FROM ONE YEAR TO THREE MONTHS.

AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WAS HAPPY TO HEAR AND SEE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AS WE BELIEVE THAT SEXUAL ORIENTATION SHOULD NOT BE A DETERMINANT IN BLOOD DONATION AS WE WORK TOWARDS AN INCLUE ACTIVE BLOOD SUPPLY.

>> DOES THIS SHORTAGE AFFECT ANY PARTICULAR BLOOD TYPE?

ARE THERE TYPES THAT HOSPITALS LIKE YOURS NEED MORE RIGHT NOW?

>> I THINK WHAT IS MOST CRITICAL TYPE O BLOOD THE UNIVERSAL DONOR BLOOD THIS IS WHAT IS USED WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO CROSS MATCH A PATIENT.

SOME COMES INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AFTER SUFFERING TRAUMA AND NEED TO GIVE BLOOD IMMEDIATELY THIS IS THE BLOOD WE USE.

>> CELENA ROLDAN ARE YOU SEEING AN UPTICK IN WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET THAT SUPPLY UP?

>> WE ARE AGAIN, INCREDIBLY OPTIMISTIC AND GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ROLLED UP A SLEEVE TO HELP US SAVE LIVES.

WE ARE ENCOURAGING INDIVIDUALS IF YOU DON'T FIND AN APPOINTMENT TOMORROW GO TO RED CROSS BLOOD.ORG TO FIND AN APPOINTMENT.

THIS IS NOT A SPRINT IT IS A MARATHON AND THE CRISIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE.

>> IMPORTANT TOPIC AND THANKS TO CELENA ROLDAN AND Dr. THOMASS ORYSZCZAK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> UP NEXT ILLINOIS CELEBRATES ITS FIRST HOLIDAY DEDICATED TO BOXING LEGEND MUHAMMAD ALI.

FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEATHER... TODAY NOT ONLY MARKS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

BUT THE FIRST OBSERVANCE OF MUHAMMAD ALI DAY IN ILLINOIS.

KNOWN AS THE GREATEST ALI WON AN OLYMPIC BOXING GOLD MEDAL AT ABE AND WON THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD THREE TIMES AND HE WAS AN ACTIVIST AGAINST RACISM AND THE VIETNAM WAR WHICH COST HIM HIS TITLE.

>> HE GOT BIG ON YOUR WHITE TELEVISIONS ON YOUR WHITE NEWSPAPERS, SATELLITES, AND STILL LOOK GOOD AND TELL YOU THE TRUTH AND REPRESENT MY PEOPLE AND NOT LEAVE THEM AND SELL THEM OUT AND THAT WAS MY PURPOSE I'M HERE AND SHOWING THE WORLD YOU CAN BE HERE AND FEEL FREE AND STAY YOURSELF.

AND GET RESPECT.

>> AND THAT IS A CLIP FROM THE MUHAMMAD ALI DOCUMENTARY THAT IS AIRING ON PBS.

ILLINOIS ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ADVOCATED SUCCESSFULLY FOR LAWMAKERS TO ADDITIONALLY'S JANUARY 17TH BIRTHDAY TO THE LIST OF HOLIDAYS IN ILLINOIS WHICH HAPPENS TO COINCIDE WITH THE KING HOLIDAY THIS YEAR.

JOINING US TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE MUHAMMAD ALI COMMEMORATION DAY AND THE GREATEST ON WHAT WOULD BE HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY ARE DONALD LASSERE PRESENT OF THE CHICAGO HITCH MUSEUM WAS PRESENT AND C.E.O.

OF THE ALI CENTER AND MARYUM ALI, MUHAMMAD ALI'S DAUGHTER.

IT IS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

MARYUM ALI LET'S START WITH YOU, THIS MAY BE A DIFFICULT QUESTION BUT GIVE US A SENSE WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE THE DAUGHTER OF MUHAMMAD ALI GROWING UP IN CHICAGO?

>> WHEN I WAS BORN HE WAS FAMOUS SO THAT IS ALL I KNOW.

I WOULDN'T CHANGE MY LIFE FOR ANYTHING.

MY FATHER WAS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A PARENT DESPITE HOW BUSY HE WAS.

I'VE BENEFITED FROM BEING ABLE TO GLEAN FROM PERSONALITIES AND CHARACTERS AND PEOPLE THAT WERE IN HIS LIFE AND SURROUNDING HIM EVEN ON THE STREETS IT ALLOWED ME TO HAVE A DISCERNMENT ABOUT PERSON APARTMENTS.

MY FATHER WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE A HUMANITARIAN HE STOOD UP FOR HIS HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS BECAUSE AS MUSLIMS WE BELIEVE THAT ALL PEOPLE WERE CREATED EQUAL AND THE ONLY WAY YOU ARE JUDGE SECOND BY THE DEED OF YOUR CHARACTER BY GOD, NOT COLOR, HAIR, ETHNICITY ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

HE LEFT A GREAT LEGACY.

AND I HAVE NO COMPLAINTS.

>> DONALD LASSERE TELL US ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TIME THAT MUHAMMAD ALI SPENT HERE IN CHICAGO AND HIS CIVIL RIGHTS WORK.

>> IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT TIME FOR CHICAGOANS AS WELL AS MUHAMMED AND A TESTAMENT TO THIS HE STARTED HIS FAMILY HERE.

CHICAGO MEANT A LOT TO HIM.

AS A BOY GROWING UP HERE, MUHAMMED BECAME A HERO TO ME PERSONALLY WHILE HE WAS NOT EVEN FIGHTING.

IT WAS HIS REPUTATION FOR STANDING UP FOR HIS BELIEFS, HIS CONVICTION, HIS TRUE CONVICTION TO HIS RELIGION.

AS A YOUNG BOY IN CHICAGO AND AMONGST ME AND MY FRIENDS HE WAS A HERO TO US ALL.

>> DOOR LOCAL RESPECT, HOW DID THE IDEA FOR A DAY OF COMMEMORATION COME ABOUT?

>> THE CIVIC COALITION WITH OUR PARTNERS WORKS ON EQUITY.

WORKS ON CIVIC JUSTICE.

AND WE WERE THINKING OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ISSUES.

BUT WHEN YOU THINK OF THE ISSUES YOU WANT TO THINK OF THE SOLUTIONS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST LEAVE PEOPLE WITH A PROBLEM THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED.

AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE DIVERSE AMERICAN STORIES THAT ARE NOT TOLD.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT INVISIBLE COMMUNITIES ACROSS OUR NATION.

THESE WERE THE ISSUES WE IDENTIFIED AND IT SEEMED WHAT BETTER WAY TO START CHANGING THE NARRATIVE THAN TO CELEBRATING SOME OF THE STORIES.

WHAT BETTER WAY TO START CELEBRATING THOSE STORIES THAN WITH THE CHAP AMERICA'S AND THE WORLD'S GREATEST KNOWN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSLIM SPORTS ATHLETE, CIVIC JUSTICE ADVOCATE AND JUST GREAT MAN.

>> TODAY IS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY BUT HE AND MUHAMMAD ALI MET A FEW TIMES IN THEIR LIVES.

BUT THEY DID NOT ALWAYS AGREE.

GIVE US A SENSE OF WHERE THEY DID AGREE AND COULD BE ALLIES AND WHERE THEY DIFFERED?

>> WELL, THEY AGREED THE END GOAL WHICH WAS EQUALITY.

AND SO THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

THEY HAD TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF GETTING THERE.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL ABOUT BOTH MEN.

WHILE THEY DID DISAGREE ON THE METHODOLOGY, THE PROCESS, THE STRATEGIES, THEY STILL RESPECTED ONE ANOTHER GREATLY.

AND AS YOU SAID, THEY HAD ACTUALLY A RATHER LONG RELATIONSHIP.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WROTE TO MUHAMMED WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG BOXER AND AS EVERYONE KNOWS THEY MET IN 1967 TO DISCUSS THEIR VEHEMENT OPPOSITION TO THE VIETNAM WAR.

AGAIN, OUTSIDE OF DISAGREEING ON THE METHODOLOGY THEY ALWAYS HAD THE SAME END GOAL IN MIND.

>> I THINK EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S METHODOLOGY OF PASSIVISM GIVE US A SENSE OF MUHAMMAD ALI'S METHODOLOGY WAS?

>> BEING PART OF A NATION OF ISLAM HIS BELIEF WAS WE SHOULD BE DOING THINGS FOR OURSELVES.

WE DON'T NEED TO BE INTEGRATED.

THAT IS THE PHILOSOPHY HE HAD AT THAT TIME.

THAT IT WAS MORE IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO STAND ON ITS OWN AS OPPOSED TO RELYING ON THE MAJORITY TO STEP IN AND HELP.

AND SO THAT WAS A DIFFERENCE IN PHILOSOPHY.

BOTH WERE PEACEFUL.

BUT MUHAMMED BELIEVED THAT BLACK PEOPLE, BROWN PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY, COULD DO FOR THEMSELVES WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING THE AID OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MAJORITY POPULATION.

>> MARYUM ALI HOW DID YOUR FATHER SET THE STANDARD FOR THE WAY IN WHICH TODAY'S ATHLETES SPEAK OUT OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS INJUSTICE?

>> IT IS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD THEY DID USE HIM AS AN EXAMPLE, 1968 ON THE OLYMPIC PLATFORM TOMMY SMITH AND CARLOS TOOK THEIR SHOES OFF TO PROTEST POVERTY AND WORE BEADS TO PROTEST LYNCHING AND THE RAISING THEIR FISTS IN THE AIR AND LOWERING THEIR HEAD.

22 YEARS LATER THE NBA BASKETBALL PLAYER GOT KICKED OUT FOR HIS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AS A MUSLIM AND MODERN TIMES EVERYONE KNOWS THE STORY OF COLIN KAEPERNICK.

STILL BANNED FROM NFL FOR DOING WHAT HE DID.

I'VE FELT THAT BECAUSE OF MY FATHER, THOUGH, ESPECIALLY WITH TEAM SPORTS, ATHLETES HAVE BEEN DISCOURAGED THROUGH NEW POLICY TELLING THEM THEY SHOULDN'T BE ACTIVE OR LAWS SAYING THEY CAN THE NO STAND FOR CAUSES.

I THINK SPORTS ALWAYS LEARNED FROM MY FATHER AND PUT THINGS IN PLACE SO THEY WOULD NOT BE A MUHAMMAD ALI.

AND WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF THOSE TRAILED HIS PATH.

>> OF COURSE MOST PEOPLE KNOW MUHAMMAD ALI AS THE FAMOUS BOXER BUT HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS OUTSPOKEN FAITH WHEN HE RISKED EVERYTHING FOR IT.

TAKE A LOOK.

>> YOU STAND THE CHANCE OF GOING TO JAIL AS A RESULT OF NOT GOING INTO SERVICE.

>> WELL WHATEVER THE PUNISHMENT THE PERSECUTION FOR STANDING UP FOR MY RELIGIOUS BELIEFS EVEN IF IT MEANS FACING MACHINE GUNFIRE THAT I DAY I WILL FACE IT BEFORE ENOUNSING MOHAMMED AND THE RELIGION OF ISLAM I'M READY TO DIE.

>> DO YOU HOPE BY HAVING THE STATE HOLIDAY MORE PEOPLE WILL GET A COMPLETE PICTURE WHO HE WAS AS A ACTIVIST AND MAN?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

NOT JUST WHO HE WAS AS AN ATHLETE, ACTIVIST, A MAN, A PHILANTHROPIST, A FATHER.

I MEAN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS EACH OF US IDENTIFY AS.

SO OFTEN IT HAS TO BE ONE THING.

YOU LOOK AT ME, AND YOU SEE ONE THING MAYBE THERE'S ROOM FOR TWO.

YOU LOOK AT EACH OF US YOU SEE ONE OR TWO THINGS AND WE WANTED TO SHARE OUR IDENTITIES ARE SO UNIQUE AND SO DEEP.

THE MUHAMMAD ALI DAY COMMEMORATION IS PART OF A LARGER BILL THAT REQUIRES ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT ALL COMMUNITIES OF FAITH AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE PEOPLE.

SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THOMAS JEFFERSON OWNED A QURAN IN HIS LIBRARY AND THAT SAME QURAN 250 YEARS LATER WAS USED BY CONGRESSMAN KEITH ELLISON AS HE TOOK HIS OATH FOR OFFICE.

SHOWS A MORE DYNAMIC AND DIVERSE AMERICA THAN IF WE WERE TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT EACH OF US.

>> MARYUM ALI BOTH OF THESE MEN MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND YOUR FATHER ARE ICONIC WE CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS.

AT THE TIME THEY WERE CONSIDERED TO BE TROUBLEMAKERS AMONG OTHER NAMES THEIR OPPONENTS CALLED THEM.

GIVE US A SENSE ABOUT HOW HISTORY HAS CHANGED THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THEM?

>> I THINK HISTORY WENT IN THEIR DIRECTION.

PEOPLE REALIZED THESE TWO MEN WERE SINCERE IN THEIR CONVICTION.

AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY ARE ADVOCATING FOR ALL HUMAN RIGHTS.

A MAN IS BORN WANTING TO BE LOVED BY COMMUNITY.

WANTING TO BE LOVED BY HIS CREATOR.

AND IT TOOK TIME FOR PEOPLE TO SEE HOW SINCERE THEY WERE.

AND PEOPLE WHO MET MY DAD HIS PERSONA WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM BRAGGING ABOUT HIS FIGHTS.

HE TREATED PEOPLE WITH SUCH KINDNESS.

I'VE SEEN HIM WHETHER HE WAS TALKING TO A PERSON OF LOW STATUS, A HOMELESS PERSON OR SOMEONE VIEWED AS HAVING LOW STATUS, ECONOMIC STATUS OR THE KING OF A COUNTRY, HE TREATED EVERYONE THE SAME.

I THINK OVER TIME IDEOLOGIES WENT IN THEIR FAVOR.

>> MARYUM ALI, DONALD LASSERE DON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> AND NOW PARIS WE TOSS IT BACK TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

IN JUNE 2020 WE CAUGHT UP WITH THE ACCLAIMED STRAFER STEVE SCHAPIRO WHO DIED OVER THE WEEKEND AT THE AGE OF 87.

BACK IN 1963, STEVE SCHAPIRO PLAYED MONOPOLY ARE A YOUNG MUHAMMAD ALI THEN KNOWN AS CASSIUS CLAY.

HE LOST THE GAME.

AND SHOT DAVID BOWIE FOR COVERS AND PHOTOGRAPHED ON MOVIE SETS OF HOLLYWOOD FILMS INCLUDING MIDNIGHT COWBOY.

BEFORE ALL THAT SHAH REQUIRE POW WAS A JOURNALIST EMBEDDED IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT HE TOOK PICTURES OF Dr. KING AND TRAVELED WITH WRITER JAMES BALLED BALDWIN.

HE TALKED TO US.

MARC VITALI HAS THE STORY.

[♪♪♪] >> STEVE SCHAPIRO WAS INTRODUCED TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT BY A LITTARY FIGURE.

>> JAMES BALDWIN WAS MY INTRODUCTION INTO CIVIL RIGHTS THE FIRST TIME I MET CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS.

I STARTED FREELANCING FOR LIFE MAGAZINE IN 1962, I READ THIS ESSAY THAT JAMES BALDWIN WROTE FOR THE NEW YORKER WHICH BECAME THE BOOK THE FIRE NEXT TIME.

AND I WAS SO TAKEN BY IT THAT I ASKED IF I COULD DO AN ESSAY ON HIM.

THEY AGREED AND HE AGREED.

STARTING IN JANUARY 1963, I TRAVELED WITH HIM STARTING IN HARLEM AND GOING INTO THE SOUTH INTO NORTH CAROLINA INTO MISSISSIPPI AND NEW ORLEANS.

>> IT WAS A NEW WORLD TO THIS NATIVE NEW YORKER.

>> WE SPENT A MONTH TRAVELING TONIGHT JUST WAS SOMETHING I HAD NEVER EXPECTED AND AFTER THAT, I STARTED SPENDING A LOT OF TIME IN THE SOUTH AND IN CITIES AND COVERING VARIOUS EVENTS.

I WAS IN PARKSDALE WITH JOHN LEWIS AND I FOLLOWED THE SELMA MARCH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> THE PHOTOS HE TOOK OF JAMES BALDWIN ILLUSTRATE A TRADE EDITION OF THE BOOK THE FIRE NEXT TIME.

RENEWED INTEREST BROUGHT THIS EDITION BACK TO THE BEST-SELLER CHARTS.

HE REFLECTED ON BALDWIN.

>> BALDWIN WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ALWAYS ON THE BRINK OF CRISIS.

EVERYTHING SEEMED SEVERE CRISIS AND IN A WAY IT HELPS FEED HIM.

HE JUST WAS SO QUICK AND SMART.

BUT BASICALLY WE NEVER MADE AN AIRPLANE BY MORE THAN A MINUTE.

BUT EVERYWHERES WE WENT EVERYONE REALIZED WHAT AN INTELLECT THEY WERE TALKING TO.

WE WEDNESDAY TO A HOUSE HE PUT THE TOWEL OVER THE LIGHTS OF OUR CAR AND IT WAS JOKE BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WERE UNDER SURVEILLANCE AND SEVERAL MONTHS LATER HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF HIS HOUSE.

THINGS WERE LIKE THAT AND SOMETHING I HAD READ ABOUT BUT YOU DON'T LEARN THINGS ABOUT READING.

WHEN YOU SEE THEM IN ACTUALITY IT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

THERE WAS A ICE CREAM PARLOR IN DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA WHICH WAS REALLY VERY, VERY RACIST AND THEY HAD A SIGN ON ONE WINDOW WHICH SAID COLOR ENTRANCE ONLY.

SO WE DID A PICTURE IN FRONT OF THAT.

WE WALKED DOWN THE STREET TO A STOREFRONT THAT WAS AN ISLAM MEETING GROUND AND WE DID A PICTURE IN FRONT OF THAT AS WELL.

MY FAVORITE PICTURE IN 1965, IS THIS MIDDLE-AGED BLACK WOMAN WITH A SIGN STOP THESE KILLINGS AND IT'S RELEVANT TODAY.

>> IN RECENT YEARS HE HAS PHOTOGRAPHED BLACK LIVES MATTER RALLIES.

LAST YEAR A WTTW CAPTURED STEVE SCHAPIRO COVERING A CLIMATE CHANGE MARCH IN GRANT PARK.

NOW 85 YEARS OLD, HE SAT OUT THE MOST RECENT PROTESTS BUT HE RECOGNIZED SOMETHING IN THEM.

>> WE ALL [INAUDIBLE] WHICH CAN CHANGE THIS COUNTRY IN A VERY, VERY POSITIVE WAY.

BUT IT'S STILL A BIG QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THAT WILL HAPPEN OR WHETHER IT WILL JUST PASS BY AGAIN.

>> BUT THE IDEA THAT SUDDENLY IN 30, 40, 50 CITIES IN AMERICA THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE MARCHING AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS LIKE THAT THAT IS AN AMAZING THING IN OUR TIME PERIOD.

AMAZING.

AND IT IS A QUESTION OF BIG HOPE AS TO WHETHER THAT WILL CONTINUE AND WHETHER THAT CAN CHANGE WHAT WE HAVE HERE BECAUSE THIS COUNTRY NEEDS A BIG CHANGE AT THIS MOMENT.

>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS MARC VITALI.

>> AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHS.

STEVE SCHAPIRO DIED ON SATURDAY AT THE AGE OF 87.

AND PUBLISHED THREE YEARS AGO THE TRADE EDITION OF THE FIRE NEXT TIME REMAINS AMONG AMAZON'S BEST SELLING PHOTO JOURNALISM BOOKS.

AND WE'RE BACK TO WRAP THINGS UP RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> Announcer: "CHICAGO TONIGHT" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY... >> AND THAT IS OUR SHOW.

>> JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT LIVE AT 7:00 P.M. WHY ACCESS TO BASIC ITEMS LIKE DETERGENT AND TOOTHBRUSHES HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOREVER PEOPLE INSIDE ILLINOIS' PRISONS.

>> AND THE SHEDD'S PRESIDENT TALKS ABOUT A COMMITMENT TO REIMAGINE THE AQUARIUM.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M PARIS SCHUTZ.

>> I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

STAY HEALTHY AND SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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