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‘Party Aunt’ Tours Chatham with Shermann ‘Dilla’ Thomas
Clip: 11/13/2021 | 4m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
The local creator of a hit Netflix series and a local historian take us to the South Side.
One of Chicago’s most beloved Twitter personalities went national last September with the premiere of the Netflix series, “Chicago Party Aunt,” based on the fictional Twitter account by Chris Witaske. Witaske has roots primarily in the western suburbs. So another Chicago social media star, local historian Shermann Dilla Thomas, gave us a tour of a prominent South Side neighborhood: Chatham.
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Chicago Tonight: Black Voices is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Chicago Tonight: Black Voices
‘Party Aunt’ Tours Chatham with Shermann ‘Dilla’ Thomas
Clip: 11/13/2021 | 4m 8sVideo has Closed Captions
One of Chicago’s most beloved Twitter personalities went national last September with the premiere of the Netflix series, “Chicago Party Aunt,” based on the fictional Twitter account by Chris Witaske. Witaske has roots primarily in the western suburbs. So another Chicago social media star, local historian Shermann Dilla Thomas, gave us a tour of a prominent South Side neighborhood: Chatham.
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