Tyra Martin
Producer at WGN-TV (Chicago, IL)
Child of God. Teller of stories. Watcher of Movies. Dancer of Samba. Generally Awesome.
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Feb 28, 2025 |
wgntv.com | Micah Materre |Tyra Martin
As part of WGN’s Black History Month coverage, Micah Materre hosted a half-hour special featuring an exclusive conversation with surviving members of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party. The National Register of Historic Places is honoring the political service organization by commemorating 13 sites.
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Feb 25, 2025 |
wgntv.com | Dean Richards |Tyra Martin
The Shakespeare Corrected initiative is brings the arts to the incarcerated. The program at the Decatur Correction Center, a minimum-security facility for women, is led by Alex Miller, a professor with nearby Milikin University’s Department of Theatre and Dance. Along with visiting professor Victoria Scrimer and with help from their students, they bring Shakespeare’s words to life for these women, many of whom never dreamed they’d be on stage.
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Feb 25, 2025 |
wgntv.com | Lauren Jiggetts |Tyra Martin
EVANSTON, Ill. — During the Great Migration, many African Americans moved to urban centers in the North hoping for better opportunities. And many settled in Evanston and found jobs in homes from Kenilworth to Lake Forest where they cooked, cleaned and helped care for children. They would often leave home before dawn and return well after sundown. Evanston’s Shorefront Legacy Center. Shorefront was founded to highlight Black history on the North Shore. The organization collects, preserves and educates.
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Feb 15, 2025 |
wgntv.com | Tyra Martin |Jewell Hillery
(NEXSTAR) — The first Black congregations in America pre-date the nation’s founding in 1776. Since then, African American churches continue to support faith, and the fight for Civil Rights across the country and in Chicago. The origins of the Black church in America could conceivably be traced to the first experiences of Africans in this country, on plantations. When ministering to Blacks, white preachers often used so called “slave bibles,” different from the ones they used in their own churches.
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Feb 15, 2025 |
kron4.com | Tyra Martin |Jewell Hillery
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