Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

When Scarlet goes missing, William searches for her and eventually finds her in an abandoned prison. Both of their lives are endangered there as they begin to uncover a scheme that Eliza's father was investigating before he died. 

"We need to realize how intertwined the Black church is with the birth of other institutions," says a Chicago theologian. "It’s like a human being: it has incredible beauty, brokenness, blessedness, all of that mixed together."

Downton Abbey is returning to PBS for your binge-watching pleasure! Beginning February 27, WTTW Passport members will once again be able to stream all six seasons of the show.

Neither Chinatown nor Asia on Argyle are hosting parades for the Lunar New Year on February 12, but they will still host COVID-19-safe celebrations. Learn about those and some Lunar New Year traditions here.

The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump in the Senate begins February 9. Here are all the ways you can watch PBS NewsHour's special live coverage. 

Freedom has come to Jamaica, but little seems to change. A new overseer who was anti-slavery seems to be promising, especially in his conduct towards July, though Caroline also yearns for his affection.

The Darrowby Fair is here, along with plenty of chaos and annoyances for James, the official veterinarian, to deal with, including an ethical dilemma involving the Alderson bull. Mrs. Hall's friend Dorothy visits again and strikes Siegfried's interest.

Eliza takes on a sensational case involving a death photographer and a medium, while William tries to hide from her some extra publicity that he's getting because of her good work. 

Harold Washington was a frequent guest on WTTW over the course of his political career. Hear him discuss his upbringing, his coalitional politics, the Council Wars when he was mayor of Chicago, and more in archival interviews ranging from 1968 through 1984.

“It is my vision that we use food and recipes and cooking as tools to end the divide between us and to create more room at the long table of food history,” says Toni Tipton-Martin.

Discover some of Chicago's most architecturally extraordinary Black churches. "I think there's a conscious push to embrace the new," says architectural photographer and writer Lee Bey, "of throwing off the chains of the past."

In the waning days of slavery on Jamaica, July's life is upturned during a slave rebellion that leaves her plantation intact despite the terror of her mistress.

William has an official job for Eliza, but it's not one she likes: spying on suffragettes. When one is involved in a murder, Eliza struggles between her beliefs and her need for work. 

James grows closer to Helen while treating her under-performing bull while Tristan tries to prove he is responsible to Siegfried by taking on the care of Tricki Woo, Mrs. Pumphrey's spoiled and overfed dog. 

This February, celebrate Black History Month with a variety of WTTW programming over air and online that explores African American history, stories in the larger African diaspora, and Black culture in America.