the midwest is, chicago, and the chicago area is. fred has put a focus on those businesses opening up to other markets around the world. basically we have about 100,000 companies with 500 or less employees. we are the center for the country for, as i said, the flat-roof manufacturers. for them to get to gain market share, to open up into other countries where they don't have access today, they need the resources that come with ex-im. they need the capacity of financing and all the marketing and financing that comes with an ex-im. they can't get there because they don't have the infrastructure to do it otherwise in house. so that's going to be an essential part of our strategy. and let me roll back a little, take one step back. about seven months ago, i said, what is our plan for the city of chicago over the next ten years? because in my own view, while chicago has huge strategic advantages, i'll give you one example, the average four-year college population in a city is 28%. in chicago, it's 34%. so we have a skilled workforce with a

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for the first time chicago mayor daley will answer questions about ron burch ... the victim of police for totality is suing the city of chicago after serving 24 a years in prison his conviction was overturned ... the former state's attorney at the time he was never giving a deposition ... we're going to ask him about relevant questions during that time he was state's attorney and the khmer ... and what he mayor of chicago what he knew and why the death penalty came into play the attorneys will get together to discuss limitations on the deposition ... only four more jurors need to be chosen for the trial of william belfour the man accused of murdering three members of the singer jennifer hudson family monica schneider's live with cook county criminal court building with the latest in a line we are down to picking the final four members of the jury panel the defendant william balfour was dressed for court he if convicted he can spend the rest of his life in courtjail ... he committed those murders in october 2008 ... prosecutors say that he shot them all because he

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national wave of protest several in chicago. prosecutors in florida well aware of the nation is watching as is the country's top lawman >> if we find evidence of potential civil rights crime we will take appropriate action >> special prosecutor language very precise brushing aside reporters' questions stand on a message not prosecuted court of public opinion especially cases as polarizing as this one has become. legal analyst paul lisneck >> concerns whether overcharged casey anthony overcharged and she walked >> we have to protect investigation life in prison possibility. prosecutors did not say what evidence they may have. >> trayvon martin killing national nerve live tonight northwest indiana emotional candlelight vigil campus and operates a university dozens of students and faculty members expressing great relief about today's development. even some of the young children attended tonight's vigil wore hoodies in support of the family of trayvon martin pastor jim wetzstein began by saying it is not time for revenge but rather

jim ramsey seven day forecast >> tonight 46 degrees in chicago. after day again below normal temperatures at this moment across the country continue to reflect quite impressive heat wave of west very chilly. look at this system out of minnesota clotting us over tomorrow producing passing rain shower. most of the rain fall on this chart coming down on wednesday afternoon and evening thanks to showers and thunderstorms seven day forecast 10 degrees from the luck. >> good news bruce springsteen fans the boss another wrigley field concert september 8th after september 7th show sold out in less than an hour last weekend tickets cost between 45- $100 on sale may 5th at 10:00 a.m.. coming up the pressure is on blackhawks putting the pressure now they need to win to force game 7 and phil emery getting ready for first draft general manager. [ bell dings ] agents, when it comes to insurance, people feel lost. that's a dead end. don't know which way to turn. this way. turn around. [ woman ] that's why we present people with options to help them find coverage

crane chicago business says alpha metrics is the single fastest growing company in chicago. it is private. at least for now. and their 5-year revenue growth rate is a staggering 8,000%. we're joined by the head of alpha metrics. you describe yourself as a hedge fund marketplace provide realtime information to clients. what does that mean? >> first of all, brian, thanks for having me. good to be back on the cme floor. this is actually where i started my career. i promise i will not get upset with you if you interrupt me. >> we are awaiting the president. >> thanks. alpha met rix is a company that was set up to try and solve some of the regulatory issues we see in transparency issues in hedge funds. hedge funds very fragmented industry. and we've used technology to create the centralized marketplace so investors can basically go online and have tools to see their portfolio, pricing in realtime, updating and even getting to the point, click, invest capability. >> they get to peek under the hood. >> precisely. they don't get to see every trade but have performance atrix. >> one

wgn news @ 9 chicago history unfolding before our eyes a time capsule 1920's discovered at landmark chicago building developers hoping to add new material >> reclaim to lobby of historic building corner of randolph and wells >> plenty different sense constructed in 1928 back and haunt of the steuben club played with a swimming pool >> outside of the building >> large ballroom >> we got to the stage all ceilings dropped down to 9 ft. poked holes in historic campus murals on the ceiling wires down that my entire building state of disrepair until 2010 group of developers purchased the historical landmark into apartment building in the process fascinating discovery >> demolishing quarter in preparation and a bit of this nobody knew what it was they thought it was electrical to begin with got an electrician but not in electrical box time capsule full of mementos from the year the building was built >> party favors from our original grand opening stop in german flag here 48 stars on this >> newspapers chicago evening post five different papers in here and even a bible with a special message peopl

i'm the mayor of the city of chicago. i'm focused on what's happening in englewood, little village, in our community and neighborhoods here. that individual case, there's a gun element to it. there's a racial element to it. there's criminal justice. i think the policies on those type of gun laws are the opposite why i fought for the brady bill and the juvenile brady bill. my time, my energy is making sure the kids in the city of chicago can walk to school thinking of their studies, not their safety. >> half the states in america -- >> not illinois. illinois stands out. >> i know that. but mayor bloomberg has been very vocal saying stand your ground is unacceptable. do you agree with that? >> yeah. it's totally unacceptable. i would like to see our state which is why i introduced a law as it relates buying a title for a gun like you do for a car or anything else. but my time and energy is not to the case in miami. there's enough voices to that. i have my thoughts on it. my time and energy is making sure our police departme

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de priest was considered a hero in chicago during their riots for repeatedly making trips to the chicago stockyards to rescue black workers who were trapped inside. he also broke through hostile white crowds to get meat for people living in the black community. at the unveiling of the lincoln memorial in 1922, blacks were herded in to a separate section, away from the main seating area. a marine used racial epithets in addressing them. even the keynote speaker dr. robert moton, the second president of the tuskegee university was relegated to this segregated area. in his speech he compared the may flower destined for plymouth, massachusetts, and the slave ship destined for jamestown as the forces of liberty and bondage constantly contending for america's soul. an editorial in the chicago defender pleaded with song, prayer, fold and truthful this speech, with faith in god and country later on let us dedicate this temple thus far only open. some believe that dedication occurred in 1963 with the march on washington and martin luther king's "i have a dream" speech a silent parade by 1500 blac

a little rain falling in parts of wisconsin that will miss the chicago area. it is raining substantially down through places like kentucky and virginia and even some reports of pale and parts of west virginia and kentucky, our computer model shows the approaching rain will come in monday night and tuesday not a big grain for chicago but some areas in the far south suburbs could pick up as much as half an inch or so so we will watch that here is our forecast for tonight. skies will improve. tomorrows the morning sunshine and more clouds movement a high temperature of 56-63 cooler temperatures of course by the lake monday night cloudy skies. and some storms again. you can forecast anything and be right somewhere around here. it started as a field trip to help clean up local lakes with a group of california fifth graders found. (bell rings) hi. good morning. big news. we're spreading the word about new honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique taste combinations. like peach/raspberry... and banana/blueberry. we're telling everyone. with one flavor in th

chicago, brian, set up in a 1-2-2 in the neutral zone. >> chicago's going to pick their spots for the offense. >> here's kruger. toward the net in to the glove of mike smith. he will hold it there. >> patrick sharp getting in the face of rozsival. there's smith making the blocker save from the point and then derek morris pushes -- >> that's how it happens. >> bickell in to the crease. i thought it was hayes but it's bickell. mike smith makes the save and gets a shot at bickell at the same time. >> smith listed at 6'4", 215ont. so athletic with that size. makes it tough. crawford out to play this puck around the boards. bickell checked by langkow. looks out in front. scores! brule! on a beautiful centering feed. second goal of the series for brule. and it's 2-0 coyotes. >> there's one of the plays behind the net. quickly out in to the slot and it's zone defense. nobody has brule. there are lots of blackhawks around. beautiful work here by chipchura. behind. sees brule. a timing pattern and nobody gets to brule's stick in time. see the numbers chicago has back. toews takes his man. bick

kennedy and the steve chicago, the robert f. kennedy foundation in the city of chicago, the nobel peace prize winners from around the wor world. i wanted the kitds to have this opportunity. as did the robert f. kennedy foundation, to speak and learn from people who stood up and made a difference for peace, made a difference for economic and social and political justice. >> take a short break. i want to come back, and i want you to put your teacher's hat on, to give a little school report on president obama. and also your ideas for how to keep america great. >> we are all very excited for rahm as he takes on a new challenge for which he is extraordinarily well qualified. but we're also losing an incomparable leader of our staff and one who we are going to miss very much. the utterly shocking sensation of being on a business trip where everything goes right. backed up by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. feel the advantage. feel the hamptonality. helping strengthen our bones. caltrate delivers 1200 milligrams of calcium and 800 iu of

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chicagos very own a jennifer hudson performing taste of chicago this year july 11th. death cab for cutie will play on the 12th on the 12th, chaka kahn on the 14th and dierks bentley on 15th this year you have to pay $25 petrillo music shell first time and history. tickets lawn seats still free. coming up chicago bulls this plan playoff intensity top-seeded eastern conference on the line and white sox fan getting too close to the action sports live from united center breaking news in a moment. anw anheartbreaking and moments ago united center potential season-ending heart breaker live at united center >> last hockey game possible at united center blackhawks cannot solve this dilemma they face although into overtime and other miracle goal at the end of regulation over time at phoenix quick one began now 31 lead back to phoenix for game five on saturday night getting started with coach q 5 to $10,000 criticizing officiating brandon saad in place of the injured marion hossa scoreless can add to the third takes his pocket open ice stopped gets the rebound 7-3, phoenix make

currently we are at 55 degrees here in chicago ... we are 10 degrees cooler than we were 24 hours ago ... there is a blocking pattern in the atmosphere that will keep this right here for the next couple of days we have a wind gusts at 24 mi. per hour out at o'hare airport right now. we need to get used to these temperatures there will be with us for the next several days ... here are the the current ratings: we have some high mold spore and pollen counts for today ... we have some strange upper air weather patterns going on ... slowing down activity in the hemisphereatmosphere. and that jet stream bring the cool air coming from canada is really affecting us. the last frost will likely be some time at the end of april but we have it been known to have crossed out to may 25th but that was unusual because of the eruption of mount pinatubo back in the '90s some of the warmer readings that we found: we are currently at 53 degrees at o'hare 53 at midway. .. and here are some of the local temperatures around the region ... it is a beautiful

we are about 45 miles from downtown chicago-- downtown chicago being the largest employment center. historically, then, that... that was the core. that was where people traveled to work. the metropolitan area has since evolved and you have subcenters now-- employment subcenters. and we're about two-hours' commute from downtown chicago, whereas to the subcenters, we're as few as 15 minutes away from those subcenters. first in these once purely residential subcenters. then businesses themselves followed their employees to this suburban fringe. in the information age, with the growth of white-collar service and high-tech industries, companies no longer need the central business district to prosper. and thanks to the widespread reliance here-- as in the rest of america-- on the automobile, commuters who work in these subcenters can now move even farther away from downtown-- commuters like margot brown. each day, margot takes just 20 minutes to drive from her home in mchenry county through the rural countryside and east along interstate 90 to her job at the corporate headquarters of moto

in chicago, i will be arguing for substantial international support and i will go to chicago prepared for australia to pay our fair share. australia will also be prepared to provide training to the afghan national security forces after 2014. we are already involved in institutional training through the afghan national army artillery training school. in the future, we will support the proposed u.k.-led afghan national army officer academy. we will maintain a role providing training and support to policing in afghanistan. ifp will refocus its police development efforts from training in southern afghanistan to institutional capability development. finally, as i have stated previously, we are prepared to consider a limited special forces contribution in the right circumstances and under the right mandate. there may be a continuing role to train the ansf to conduct and work alongside them to carry out counter-terrorism operations in afghanistan. australia has an enduring national interest in ensuring that afghanistan does not again become a safe haven for terrorists. reviewing progress in

you moved them because of that chicago. i'm going to take that weed and paraphernalia and send it to the state lab. i can charge you any time i want. you hand me two guns in the next week, this is how your case is going to go away. >> a lot of guys on the block. a lot of people seen him get hit. a lot of people seen him get let go. we'll see what happens. and he knows if he doesn't come through, it it won't be hard to catch him. >> in the weeks that follow, the suspect decides to take his chances with authorities. he never turns over the guns. >> what are they saying at the meetings other than stay down? >> stay low, man. stay low. let the pd do what they're going to do. i just play it by ear, you know. >> after the failed police raid, investigatorsç sandoval and carpenter follow up with their informants. poncho and lefty claim that the gang moved its weapons to another location the day before police arrived and they only found out after the fact. >> underground, man, everybody. pretty much if you get caught up, you're on

chicago bulls by 11 in great shape. coming back all of the way back down three and the final seconds. chicago bulls go down final score 87-84. the very successful weekend white sox began 4 game set against baltimore orioles tonight first start of the season sox 2 out of three a.j. pierzynski towering shot deep to right field solo home run in the second 1-0 white sox. game tied to land on for paul konerko going the other way. two runs score 3-1 down the line. left fielder racing. catching the ball and the stand. white sox 4- 1 in the eighth and. hard to imagines worst loss impact on game three tomorrow. seizing the initiative in this series back at practice face of shocked coyotes goal by patrick sharp 5 seconds left in regulation amazing they want the game in overtime a goal by brian bickell 50 shots on goal the edge. i like to think in any situation sense of pressure could situation >> huge momentum changer could have been up 2-0 and the serious top guys came through. huge victory. energy momentum important in the play

everybody on the field contributed in some white >> chicago cubs fans in st. louis two hour rain delay but well worth it jumping all over adam wainright 1-0 ian stewart tagging one to right field three run home run. in the second loading the bases deep to left over the wall for grand slam. 8- 0 making a winner out of jeff samardija final score 9-53-5. game 2 for the blackhawks coyotes taking a series opener last night lost top scorer radim urbata listed day-to-day game what thriller dramatic rally to tie the game in the final 15 seconds brent seabrook finding the open that the game was tied up things looking up midway in the first martin hanzel 3-2 first goal after missing 22 games late in the season out of that game last night in good shape. that's not feeling much better. top want to jump into. no excuses looking forward not thinking too much. now about what a good thing only 1-0. better situation. a lot of us nobody expected this series is just one game no need to panic first came a big one but even the series back up getting back to where we want to be >>

chicago and cook county announced the summer windfall today under an expanded one summer chicago program which provides activites and opportunities for people ages 6 to 24. jobs include teaching sports and reading to children. those hired will receive a stipend - about one-thousand dollars for the summer. you can learn more on their website, onesummerchicago.org. secretary of defense leon panetta has given back about 17-thousand dollars of his own money, reimbursing the treasury for frequent trips to his home in california. panetta is requiredto fly in military jets. at a rate of $3,200 per flight hour, each ten hour trip costs nearly $32,000. mr. panetta reimburses the government the equivalent of a round trip, full fare coach rate, about $630. although the expense is a tiny fraction of the defense budget, the trips come at a sensitive time when the pentagon is facing budget cuts. rick santorum's daughter was admitted to the hospital today. three-year-old isabella suffers from a chromosomal condition called trisomy 18. according to the national institutes of health, half of patients bor

tonight a somber procession through downtown chicago. a thousand people walking to remember murdered children. good evening. i'm lourdes duarte. and i'm tom negovan. mark and micah are off tonight. our top story seen around the country tonight on wgn america: marching for peace. wgn's gaynor hall is at stroger hospital where this mission with a message came to an end. organizers say topical of the walk was to bring together people from all walks of life to find a way to confront the violence that is plaguing this city step-by-step. from st. james cathedral on the gold coast to daley plaza too old st. pat's church and the hospital, a 4 mi. procession calling attention to the violence cleaning chicagos youth. this is not a march or a protest. it is an act of prayer. this was the first ever walk and the crowds went across race and religious lines. the original idea came from a leader in the episcopal church when they felt they were on the sidelines while children were dying. where is our concern and our prayers for the dying children of our

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. >> 1968 to mulch was here in chicago. west and south sides exploded in anchor assassination of dr. martin luther king jr. entire neighborhoods were burned in response mayor daley controversial shoot-to-kill order. >> set the tone police department expectations to stop any riots >> different kind of protests and know where police facing anything like this made for television and theater police officers to deliberately provoked a >> they would call me names i remember running through lincoln park during the convention with a bunch of people falling >> local television photographer two years out of college >> never saw anything like that and it never seen anything like that since the >> felt the sting of tear gas for the first time >> to see a national guardsmen >> terrifying deliberately attacked doing their jobs got the worst of this smashing a photographer's camera doing anything they could to draw up reporters away >> nothing like it was 40 years ago >> leaving you with this mayor richard j. daley refusal to issue all re

blasting the decision on the fate of arrested of her son died shortly after in north chicago. one that police officer fired another suspended family outraged. live tonight with details >> outrage on both sides of the case especially those who call in a case of murder. the attention north chicago city hall and nothing short of explosive >> can you kiss your daughter or son is at night? no right to try to take the life of his girlfriend and the unborn child a batt but mother of a legend police beating victim squaring off with a lawyer representing the officers one of whom is now a former officer admitted hitting darrin hanna has been fired another suspended for falsifying reports the breast back to work >> the world i live in 2 does not equal seven. i do not understand how independent investigation can be done by anyone when we were told what of the cirque falsified his report. >> darrin hanna died a week after arrested multiple tasing is and physical trauma of factors but also why darrin hanna style with health problems and cocaine use independent investigation recommended no c

it's 49 degrees here in chicago right now. here's a good look at the local temperatures away from the lake we've made it into the 50s. the wind is east at 11 and the water temperature is 50 degrees in lake michigan there are moderate values of tree and we've pawn in the metropolitan areaweed pollens in the metropolitan area where looking at the rain in the next two weeks the week after next week's back to be a wet one we are completely cloud free today 100 percent sunshine afternoon i will be 55 degrees that's right on track for this time of year ... it will be clear and cool tonight but some frost patches and land it will be about 41 degrees here in the city the high will be 64 tomorrow with a nighttime shower and sunday will be 62 degrees and generally sunny we have an annual seminar we've done it for 32 years coming up the week after next if you go to the website we line up some great speakers about weather conditions and other timely topics in meteorology that begins a week from tomorrow ... it's time now for today's trivi

right off the chicago lake front it's just 52. that's having an impact as those winds continue blowing from the north -- northeast and east. that's going to continue tomorrow. look, however, at wind chill numbers. i promised you these. you can see how much cooler the air feels at this hour. in fact out to the west some spots have air that feels like it's in the 30's. now we're expecting a little bit of a warm-up midweek as this computer model suggests. probably wednesday into thursday, we'll make it into the mid to upper 70's, and some of you may, in fact see an 80 degree temperature. especially down in some of the southern suburbs. but it will cool down a little bit right after that warm-up. but we're hoping for more warm air the week beyond. now these storms have been popping up over the past several hours. powerful thunderstorms that have produced some strong winds and hail in those areas. but the only tornado reported today was in association with that system moving through north-central texas. just a brief touchdown no damage

ginger, it looks like you're on the chicago river? >> i'm on the chicago river. you know this city, ron. and so many love it. my family and friends are coming out. it's tough to come out early in the morning. i taught at valparaiso university. that's my alma mater. a couple of my students brought valpo loves ginger sign. and then they brought my least favorite picture of all time. my mom, my aunt, my sister and kate, my good friend who works for the bulls. we're doing a whole chicago thing here. i want to start you off with some weather. you need to get some information other than meeting my family and friends. let's do that, beginning with how much rain is going to fall. that nor'easter, you can see the red there, 2 to 4 inches of rain in that region. a lot going on on the coast. many flood watches many flood watches have popped up. next, we want to show you the snow. are you kidding me? late april snow. buffalo, you felt like you didn't have a winter, you'll have a little shot. more than a little shot. south of you in elevated areas, a foot of snow. i'll leave

depriest addressed 300 women in the church in chicago about the affair. she was quoted as saying "the president's wife is a wonderful hostess. i believe she possesses a great soul. she's quite modest, but she has all the dignity her position demands. the ladies of the party discussed such problems at a sunday afternoon in this church. there was no excitement when the entered the white house. all the storm and criticism has been stirred up since and outside the capital and mostly below the mason dixon line." two years later on january 29th, 1931, congressman and mrs. depriest who were still residents of u street northwest were invited to the white house for a reception as guests of the president. the press reported that they mingled with the speaker of the house long worth and other dignitaries in the white house. this time there was no storm of criticism. congressman depriest served in the 71st, 72nd, and 73rd sessions of congress. he's remembered for courageously challenging segregation and racial discrimination. he fought for blacks to have the right to

it's called the chicago infrastructure trust. the mayor says the plan will help the city pay for projects it can't otherwise afford. he also claims it will create thousands of jobs. the mayor will appoint a board to oversee the trust ... and one of those board members will be an alderman. the city council will vote on all projects that involve *city* assets and property. that's a concession to aldermen who were worried about the lack of transparency or accountability. we now know details about the security perimeter for the nato conference. lake shore drive will be closed from 31st to roosevelt. on the north end of mccormick place, 21st street will be closed from indiana to lake michigan. and indiana will be closed from 21st to 25th street. i-55 from lake shore drive to the dan ryan will also be shut down while dignitaries are on the move. the nato summit takes place may 20th and may 21st. plans to build a new children's museum have been called off. aldermen voted to build a 100- million dollar underground children's museum in da

violent crime in chicago as i said out of control. we sent jesse watters to the windy city to find out what's going on. later, shocking new study about teenage drinking and drug abuse. the warriors have the grizzly stats. we're coming right back. so far 10 people murdered in. gang generated minority involved. we sent jesse watters to the windy city to find out what's going on. ♪ >> a total of five fatalities. >> murder is skyrocketing in the city of chicago. what's going on? >> it's three times more deadly in chicago than anywhere in the nation. >> it really starts at home because you have got a lot of people born into families without fathers. >> chicago gets millions of dollars each year to fight this. where's the money going? >> money is not enough. it's going to take family-to-family, block-to-block to not only bring the crime down but raise the value of life. >> what's this neighborhood like? >> confused. desperate. desperate for resources. i don't know what a resource is going but it's not coming in our community. >> it's worl

chasing a bank robbery suspect from northwest indiana to the far reaches of chicago we have more on this story. >> reporter: the long pursuit came to a end starting with this armed holdup, ending just behind me in the suspects garage. photos of the arrest snapped by wgn news viewer seen here brad hruza as his neighbor is hauled in by the police this ending a 0 long and bizarre chase that started with the armed robbery of a bank 109 miles away in in indiana. >> deputies were on the scene within one minute and we had a sheriff's deputy who were able to ld a sheriff's deputy who were able to locate and observe the suspect fleeing from the bank. >> the fbi calls it an armed takeover robbery saying that a black handgun was brandished by a lone assailant wearing a mask, gloves, who headed for the safe and who took a large amount of money from it and then took off. >> we pulled over and we went over and thought about getting the money because there was zoom of it. >> the police say that their pursuit of this tan chevrolet started immediately continuing into illinois and witnesses tweeting their

. >> i'm on the chicago river. so many love it. my family and friends are coming out. it's tough to come out early in the morning. i taught at valparaiso university. my mom, my aunts, my sister and kate, my good friend who works for the bulls. i want to start you off with some weather. you need to get some information other than meeting my family and friends. beginning with how much rain is going to fall. that nor'easter, you can see the red, 2 to 4 inches of rain. many flood watches have popped up. next, we want to show you the snow? are you kidding me? late april snow. buffalo, you're going to get a little shot. more than a little shot. south of you in elevated areas, a foot of snow. i'll leave you with a look at the national outlook. but for now, that's the big picture. you're going meet my dog. a little preview. this is otis. he stays here in michigan. first time i have seen him since christmas. >> all right, that weather report was brought to you by volkswagen. let's get a little excitement here. >> ginger, on

and then extended to his involvement in the chicago city council from 1915 to 1917. he was the city's first blacking alder man and represented ward 2. when his predecessor in congress madden, died suddenly of a heart atta attack, after having secured the republican nomination to his 13th term, the republican machine backed depriest. congr congratulatory letters and te telegrams from all over the world poured in to chicago for him. not much is known about the young life of congressman depriest's wife, jesse. however, she was born september 3rd, 1870, in rockford, illinois and was the daughter of james and emma williams who were both originally from pennsylvania. james was born in 1840, worked as a farmer, and was registered as a white man on the 1880 federal census. his wife, emma, was classified as an mullato in 1839 and listed as a homemaker for her family. it is known that she was a music teacher before she and oscar married. with jim crow conditions for bailing in both the north and south in 1929, congressman and mrs. depriest resided in segregated communities in

one is the 1968 democratic national convention in chicago. which, of course, even at that time riveted viewer attention as chicago police rumbled with anti-war protesters, protesting the nomination of vice president hubert humphrey, compelling images of violence and bloodshed. which largely gave the neglected -- always showed the police clubbing the students, but the film at the time from nbc, abc, cbs, never -- seldom ever showed the students -- protesters actually throwing the rocks or throwing things and assaulting the police. the media only showed generally the reaction of the police rather than the provocation. and that spin, that take on events, that historical record from that photo documentary was further reinforced by a 1995 pbs documentary "chicago 1968." where, indeed, we show -- we have a few talking heads from the side of law and order disputing what is being seen, but the film images themselves is one of almost unrelenting, unjustified and apparently unprovoked violence on the part of the police forces. one of the other things t