>> A 92 year-old offer proves it's never too late to keep telling powerful stories voice many people may not know but one that has worked tirelessly to preserve the history of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad.

She's written several books with a passion to educate others and encourage readers of all ages to keep learning Joanna Hernandez introduces us.

>> Harriet have been born in Dorchester County and Maryland's Eastern.

Sure.

>> Tilly Turner has admired Harriet Tubman for as long as she could remember.

>> Well, there's so many things about her.

She really couldn't read.

She couldn't write.

And yet she knew how to navigate by the stars.

>> We're sitting in the home.

She's lived in since 1968.

House.

She and her late husband bought in weed in as fair housing laws are reshaping DuPage County.

>> There had been community here one person that Colin Hill and the other they call the bottom because the near trains tech and then had been the area.

They've been so limited to African-Americans.

They wasn't even mail delivery and the streets paved.

>> Now at 92 years old, Billy Turner has a lifetime of accomplishments behind her.

But her journey to this moment began years ago, writing alongside her father who inspired her to stay curious.

>> He loved to tell family stories and stories African American history, particularly about inventors and them.

He end every story the same way.

Say now when you grow up, you should write this She did.

She went on to teach second grade in along the way her curiosity grew more for Harriet Tubman.

>> One day and neighbor mention the Underground railroad operated and we didn't.

>> Tight.

so I some are free.

And I thought, go to the DuPage County Historical Museum improved of us out.

There is no to this.

And instead I found just enough.

You're like a one-line reference era footnote.

There that convinced me there was some truth to it.

>> Her research led her to write 2 books about the Underground Railroad in DuPage County.

In the many railroad sites, freedom seekers travel through in Illinois.

>> It was really very significant and they'll know it was quite pivotal.

Not only in the underground railroad.

And so for the Illinois senator's, you know, were involved.

>> Her decades of work have earned widespread recognition for a lifetime spent preserving the stories.

>> Illinois State historical says say to your good name with a lifetime achievement award DePaul University me with an honorary doctorate.

So I really felt like a big girl.

You know, Harry, the already risked her own life to get north.

>> She was prepared to risk it again.

Her latest work is her 13th book.

>> A children's book, The Gift of Freedom.

How Harriet Tubman rescued her brothers.

>> my first life and I think participatory things are best, you know, actually underground Maryland's itself to every aspect of the school curriculum.

You math science, art, everything.

>> Are you proud of yourself?

I am.

just, you know, feel like, fact, contribute to the anything to not only the quality of my own life with the quality of other people's legs, you know, twice as nice.

>> Growing up during the civil rights era, she says her parents encourage education and the importance of understanding the role black leaders played in shaping history.

>> It's never too late or or you're never on qualified to be courageous.

You know that there's just something you could do and you just keep tended to problem.

Solve it.

>> For Chicago tonight on Joy, I have known this.

>> Harriet Tubman Day was just yesterday.

Her age has not stopped her.

Billy Turner has even started a business giving bus tours of the Underground railroad in DuPage County.

We're back to wrap things up right after this.

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