OTL #851: Student population decrease in Illinois, Local Black organizing pre-Civil War, The Secret History of J.T. Brown

<p>Mike Stephen discusses the <a href= "https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2023/1/23/23568065/illinois-public-school-enrollment-decline-2023-english-learners-increase" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">decrease in public school students</a> in Illinois with Chalkbeat Chicago's Samantha Smylie, learns about <a href= "https://coloredconventions.org/black-illinois-organizing/" target= "_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Black organizing pre-Civil War in Illinois</a> with Northwestern University history professor Kate Masur, and discovers the Secret History of local saxman <a href= "https://chicagoreader.com/music/the-secret-history-of-chicago-music/j-t-browns-nanny-goat-horn-still-echoes-through-the-blues/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">J.T. Brown</a>.</p>