Hermene hartman biography for kids

Media pioneer Hermene Hartman’s Pilsen office space is one where smooth jazz plays during brainstorming sessions. As details about the launch of the next project are hashed out around the conference table, the sound of the passing Red Line train tries to overpower the conversation.

But it can’t win. Why? Because Hartman is as Chicago as our pizza and our hot dogs.

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She can’t stop, won’t stop.

Just look at the coverage of Hartman in the Chicago Tribune alone. A search of the Tribune archives finds her name connected to academia, journalism, the civil rights movement, politics, pop culture, TV news, bookstore and magazine ownership, public relations and numerous local activists.

Her work continues to hinge on her commitment and support for the Black community.

Although she is the niece of jazz singer Johnny Hartman and the daughter of Herman Hartman — who family members said was the sole Black distributor for Pepsi-Cola Bottling from 1935 to 1969 —