In her new five-part series on NBC 5, Dr. Hermene Hartman, the Emmy-nominated storyteller with local roots, wanted to carve out a bigger space for Black history and storytelling.
Bowden was the mother to N’DIGO founder Hermene Hartman. She grew up with a multitude of famous Chicagoans like Harold Washington and worked at boxer Joe Louis’ nightclub, the Rhumboogie Cafe.