Newsviews: Chicago native creates foundation to honor murdered father

Sunday, April 9, 2017
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago native Tenisha Taylor Bell was just 5-years-old when her father was robbed and killed on his way home from church.

The killers were 15, 19 and 21 years old.
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Bell went on to pay tribute to her father with a foundation she's started to help young, African-American men.

On Tuesday, Bell presented a check to South Shore High School student DeShawn Thomas.
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Talking about how she has turned tragedy to triumph is Tenisha Taylor Bell.

For more information on the Ezekiel Taylor Scholarship Foundation, visit www.eztaylor.org.

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