The Future of America's Past (TV Series)

Red Chicago (2020)

Edward L. Ayers: Self - Host

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  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.

• [last lines] 

  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.