FULL EPISODES:
Episode 1: Louis Carr, BET President of Media Sales
Episode 2: Illinois Senator Robert Peters
Episode 3: Museum of Science and Industry President/CEO Chevy Humphrey
Episode 4: Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul
Episode 5: Black Opal CEO Desirée Rogers
Episode 6: Melody Spann Cooper, Midway Broadcasting Corporation Chairman & CEO
Episode 7: Valerie Jarrett, Obama Foundation President
Episode 8: Melissa Conyears-Ervin, Chicago Treasurer
Episode 9: Black & Powerful: Maj. Gen. William Walker, Sergeant at Arms for U.S. House of Representatives
Episode 10: Black & Powerful: Dorri McWhorter, president and CEO of YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Episode 11: Black & Powerful: Karen Freeman-Wilson, president of the Chicago Urban League and former Gary mayor
Episode 12: Black and Powerful: Illinois Lieutenant Gov. Juliana Stratton
Episode 13: Black and Powerful: Denise Gardner
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Ten ABC 7 journalists will take turns profiling a Chicagoan whose story they've wanted to tell, someone who has impressed them personally and made a name for themselves in the community.
ABC 7 Host/Special Assignment Reporter Hosea Sanders will kick off the first installment with an intimate portrait of Chicagoan, author, media mogul, philanthropist and one of the most notable Blacks in the media and advertising business, Louis Carr. Carr is President of Media Sales, at Black Entertainment Television (BET) Networks.
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ABC 7 Chicago morning anchor/reporter Terrell Brown will sit down with Illinois State Senator Robert Peters for a raw and in-depth interview on what it was like growing up with a disability and how it formed his journey to become a senator.
ABC 7 Chicago anchor/reporter Cheryl Burton will talk to the president and CEO of the Museum of Science and Industry, Chevy Humphrey, the first woman and person of color to hold that role for the iconic museum.
The remaining profiles will be hosted by ABC 7's Samantha Chatman, Evelyn Holmes, Leah Hope, Will Jones, Karen Jordan, Jim Rose and Val Warner.
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