American Experience Season 15 Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago 2003
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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.
- Released: 2003-01-15
- Runtime: 55 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars:
- Director: Cameo George
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1. Jimmy Carter (1): Jimmy Who? 2002-11-11
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2. Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage 2002-11-12
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6. The Murder of Emmett Till 2003-01-20
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7. Transcontinental Railroad 2003-01-27
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8. Partners of the Heart 2003-02-10
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9. The Pill 2003-02-24
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10. Daughter from Danang 2003-04-07
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11. Seabiscuit 2003-04-21
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12. Bataan Rescue 2003-07-07
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13. Murder at Harvard 2003-07-14
