DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

06/15/2010 | 1h 16m 58s

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

The history of Chicago's African-American community as never before through the voices of its leading citizens, scholars, artists, politicians, and business leaders.

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

The history of Chicago's African-American community.

06/15/2010 | 1h 16m 58s

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

06/15/2010 | 1h 16m 58s

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis AfriCOBRA

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

AfriCOBRA

AfriCOBRA members describe the artistic philosophy of the group.

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AfriCOBRA

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis Advertising Black Pride

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

Advertising Black Pride

Tom Burrell is credited with revolutionizing the image of African Americans in television.

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Advertising Black Pride

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis Black Panthers

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

Black Panthers

The story behind the killing of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton.

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Black Panthers

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis Black Theater

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

Black Theater

Meet four of Chicago's most celebrated African-American theater stage artists.

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Black Theater

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis Lorraine Hansberry

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

Lorraine Hansberry

The true story behind Lorraine Hansberry's play "A Raisin in the Sun."

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Lorraine Hansberry

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis Carol Moseley-Braun

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

Carol Moseley-Braun

Carol Moseley-Braun remembers Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

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Carol Moseley-Braun

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis Jerry Butler: Barack Obama

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

Jerry Butler: Barack Obama

Jerry Butler says that Barack Obama, the man, should not be thought of as a movement.

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Jerry Butler: Barack Obama

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis Chaka Kahn: The Band Rufus

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

Chaka Kahn: The Band Rufus

Chaka Kahn talks about her early days performing and joining the Chicago band, Rufus.

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Chaka Kahn: The Band Rufus

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis J. Ivy: Dr. King

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

J. Ivy: Dr. King

Hip Hop poet J. Ivy was inspired by the eloquence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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J. Ivy: Dr. King

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis Chaka Kahn: Fred Hampton

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

Chaka Kahn: Fred Hampton

Chaka Kahn recalls befriending Fred Hampton and participation in the Black Power movement.

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Chaka Kahn: Fred Hampton

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis John Rogers: African American Entrepreneurs

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

John Rogers: African American Entrepreneurs

John Rogers describes the history of African American entrepreneurs in Chicago.

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John Rogers: African American Entrepreneurs

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Video thumbnail: DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis Legendary DJ Frankie Knuckles

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

Legendary DJ Frankie Knuckles

Legendary DJ Frankie Knuckles tells the history of The Warehouse.

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Legendary DJ Frankie Knuckles

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