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- Self - Host: [narrating] How did your town come to be? In Chicago, railroads and industry made the city boom. Blues and jazz made it sing. But there's a lesser known force, another spike in the timeline: the Race Riots of 1919. In the wake of more than a week of violence, Chicago looked different; it felt different. And if you talk to some residents, they'll tell you - the summer of 1919 still explains Chicago today.
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- Self - Host: Remembering the riots, remembering the awfulness we can do to each other. It helps us to focus on the need to do better, to build a future where we're all welcome, where we're all safe.