Woman walks through black neighborhoods with sign reading 'Black America, I'm Sorry'

One Chicago woman says she can't take racial unrest in the U.S. sitting down. Laurella Willis, a white mother of three, took to the streets of black neighborhoods in her city wearing a sign with a simple message: Black America, I'm Sorry.

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Willis told reporters she's sorry for "everything that's going on in America," referring to the police shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La., and Philando Castile in St. Paul, Minn., last week. The tension intensified after an African-American man fatally shot five Dallas police officers. He reportedly told officials he wanted to kill white people -- especially white officers.

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Willis told WBBM, "I don't want to continue to see Black Americans being oppressed, and held down and killed like animals."

Willis is reportedly walking 20 miles per day in her quest to influence others in a positive way. She's garnered a positive response from the community, with one local radio host saying, "No one put her up to this and she woke up and decided White America there's a problem and we have to acknowledge it and do something about it."

As for what she hopes to achieve, Willis isn't sure. She just knows she wants "action."

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