ABC7 Eyewitness News spotlights Black-owned businesses with live, week-long series
CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC 7, Chicago's Number One station for news, will present BLACK OWNED, a series of LIVE interviews spotlighting Chicagoland's diverse Black-owned business community the week of July13-17 on the station's 11 AM newscast. Anchor Terrell Brown will lead daily discussions with Black business owners representing businesses that include a theater group in Uptown, dentist in Woodlawn, syrup maker in South Holland, clothing designer in Merrillville, Indiana, and wine maker in South Shore. Terrell Brown and Tanja Babich anchor ABC 7 Eyewitness News in the Morning and at 11 AM. BLACK OWNED will be exclusively streamed live on abc7chicago.com and ABC 7's connected TV Apps on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV and Roku.
According to Jennifer Graves, Vice President of News, ABC 7, "We wanted Black-owned business owners to have a platform to talk to our viewers about their successes and challenges, to tell their stories and offer insight on the push for racial equity along with the impact Covid has had on their businesses."
The following is the list names/locations of businesses featured during the series, BLACK OWNED:
Black Ensemble Theater, Uptown
Monday, July 13: Founder and CEO Jackie Taylor started the performing arts center in 1976, eradicating racism through arts.
