Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, Oct. 18, 2020 - Full Show

WTTW News | October 18, 2020, 5:30 pm

Meet the highest-ranking Black woman in the Chicago Police Department and a trauma surgeon making safety his specialty. Also: the horrific history of racism on the small screen.

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