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Join @wttw and award-winning filmmaker Lynn Novick for a preview and discussion of her new film Crime and Punishment in America onThur 10/29 at 6pm at @MX_College (Malcolm X College).
@BrandisFriedman will moderate the discussion.
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Tune in this evening at 7pm to watch Touring Chicago's Lakefront with @GeoffreyBaer on @WTTW, the PBS app, and wttw.com/touring-chicagos-la…
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So what is the purpose to eliminate to role of African Americans and women pilots story in WWII? I’ll let you ponder this question and answer for yourself! #elinatingtheother #ourstoriesareimportant
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Today, is the premiere of @wttw CHICAGO STORIES, the only weekly documentary series that uncovers the sweeping history and rich diversity of this great American city.
Watch on Fridays @ 8 pm, streaming on the PBS app & our website. #ChicagoStoriesWTTW
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Firsthand: Homeless – The Migrant Experience, part of @wttw multi-year initiative focusing on critical issues facing people across Chicago’s communities, launches today.
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Let me tell you about last night! @wttw Gospel Showcase at
Shiloh Seventh-Day Adventist Church. What a great night of Gospel music! @officialkcs (Karen Clarks Sheard), @Lamarcampbell1 and The Spirit of Praise, @smokienorful & @ChicagoMass raised the roof! #gospelmusic
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It’s a celebration of gospel music here at WTTW’s Gospel Showcase at the Shiloh Seventh-Day Adventist Church with Cathy Townsend, @karenclarksheard, @lamarcampbell & Spirit of Praise, @smokienorful, and @thechicagomass!
@sda_shiloh #wttw #GospelShowcase #ChicagoStories
Fighting till the end! RIP Hughes Van Ellis, the youngest living survivor of The Tulsa Race Riots #tulsaraceriots #tulsaracemassacre1921 #tulsaracemassacre
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Check out @wttw Chicago Stories companion website where you’ll find original content about @wttw The Race to Reverse the River, video extras and more. #ChicagoStoriesWTTW #wttw
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After 8 years Chicago canal workers excavated 42 million cubic yards of dirt at a hefty price tag of $33.5 million (more than $1 billion in today’s currency), Chicagoans got a taste of the clean water they so desperately needed. #ChicagoStoriesWTTW #wttw
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SenorRussell retweeted
“It was one of those kinds of events in the city’s history where it was clear they had to act. They couldn’t say, ‘We don’t have the money. We don’t have the resources.’ It was essential for the survival of the city." #ChicagoStoriesWTTW to.wttw.com/45exE9T
9/3/1892 Chicago dignitaries broke ground to build a 28-mile canal in order to reverse the Chicago River. #ChicagoStoriesWTTW #wttw
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Sewers were built on top of the existing streets, covered with dirt, creating new streets. Buildings had were raised by jacks to accommodate the sewers #ChicagoStoriesWTTW #wttw
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In the 19th century, Chicago’s polluted water killed approximately 700 people during the summer of 1849 #ChicagoStoriesWTTW #wttw
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Though Chicago was the first city in America to have a planned sewer system, the sewage still ended up in the Chicago River, which then emptied into Lake Michigan, the source of the city’s drinking water. #ChicagoStoriesWTTW #wttw
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Before visitors looked up at the dazzling buildings from a tour boat, Chicago was a rugged town & its waterways were a reflection of that. Watch/stream The Race to Reverse the River on @WTTW platforms today at 8:00pm #ChicagoStoriesWTTW #wttw
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Check out @wttw Chicago Stories companion website where you’ll find original content about Angels Too Soon: The School Fire of ’58, video extras and more. #ChicagoStoriesWTTW #wttw
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SenorRussell retweeted
The associate producer of Angels Too Soon: The School Fire of '58, premiering tonight at 8:00 pm on WTTW, has a unique connection to the story: Her dad was a survivor of the fire. #ChicagoStoriesWTTW to.wttw.com/3LwNAgN
Could not imagine, being in a classroom and saying a quick prayer - “the express version” of the Our Father or the Hail Mary – heart wrenching. @wttw Angels Too Soon: The School Fire of ’58,
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5-minutes to the premiere of @wttw Chicago Stories, Angels Too Soon: The School Fire of ’58. Check out @wttw Chicago Stories companion website where you’ll find original content about each story, video extras and more. #ChicagoStoriesWTTW #wttw
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