American Experience (1988) : 15x5
Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago
55 Min.
Overview
A three-part history based on historian Donald L. Miller's book "City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America." Part 3 concludes by exploring the city's ethnic and class tensions during the 1880s and '90s. Ethnic groups banded together in what narrator David Ogden Stiers calls "a defensive communalism," but most immigrants headed first to the city's worst slum, the Near West Side, which was presided over by Alderman Johnny Powers, the "prince of the boodlers," who traded services for votes.
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15 - 1Jimmy Carter (1): Jimmy Who? November 11, 2002 -
15 - 2Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage November 12, 2002 -
15 - 3Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis January 13, 2003 -
15 - 4Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun January 14, 2003 -
15 - 5Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago January 15, 2003 -
15 - 6The Murder of Emmett Till January 20, 2003 -
15 - 7Transcontinental Railroad January 27, 2003 -
15 - 8Partners of the Heart February 10, 2003 -
15 - 9The Pill February 24, 2003 -
15 - 10Daughter from Danang April 07, 2003 -
15 - 11Seabiscuit April 21, 2003 -
15 - 12Bataan Rescue July 07, 2003 -
15 - 13Murder at Harvard July 14, 2003
