DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis

 

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1h 17m 2010 HD

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


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