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WHO MADE THIS A SUCCESS. TODAY'S PROGRAM WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON BookTV. THERE WILL BE TIME AT THE END FOR A Q&A WITH THE AUTHOR'S. WE ASK YOU TO USE...
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| 00:03:05 |
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IN CHICAGO AND THE GREATEST TOPIC CHICAGO HISTORY WHICH IS WHY WE ARE HERE AND DRAW NEW ALL-OUT BRIGHT AND EARLY ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY. WE WILL BE FOCUSING...
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| 00:05:42 |
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HIGH OPTIMISM ABOUT THE FUTURE TO THE BRINK OF MARTIAL LAW SEVERAL MONTHS LATER CULMINATING IN THIS 12 THEY CRISIS AT THE END OF JULY THAT WAS ONE OF...
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| 00:11:56 |
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GRANDIOSE
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| 00:12:00 |
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PLANS, MORE PROFITEERS ACCELERATING CHANGES THAT OPENED THE ONE SOCIETY AND PRODUCING CONSEQUENCES THEY NEVER THOUGHT OF. INTERVIEWS WITH 20TH-CENTURY...
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| 00:23:38 |
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STORIES. THERE ARE COURT RECORDS, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUESTS, CORONER'S INQUESTS, VARIOUS DOCUMENTS, FIVE DIFFERENT NEWSPAPERS INCLUDING THE...
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| 00:24:32 |
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OF EVIDENCE TO GO THROUGH AND AS A NARRATIVE HISTORIAN, WE KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO BRING IT TO LIFE YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE SPECIFICS. ARCHIVE PEOPLE'S MEMOIRS...
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| 00:27:21 |
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FRANK FREED WHOSE
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| 00:27:22 |
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CLAIM TO FAME WAS HE BROUGHT THE BEATLES TO CHICAGO AND FRANK WHO SPENT MOST OF HIS ADULT WORKING LIFE AS A CONCERT PROMOTER HERE AND IN CHICAGO AND...
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| 00:31:55 |
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CAN START GETTING. [INAUDIBLE] >> MY UNDERSTANDING -- [INAUDIBLE] >> TO THE
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| 00:32:18 |
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MICROPHONE PLEASE. >> YOU ARE GETTING THERE. >> THAT IS ALL
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| 00:32:26 |
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RIGHT. YOU CAN -- [TALKING
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| 00:32:29 |
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OVER EACH OTHER] >> WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON WAS
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| 00:32:34 |
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A CLOWN BUT IN "CITY OF SCOUNDRELS" YOU CLOSE AN EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEECH HE GAVE THAT IF BOBBY KENNEDY HAD SAID IT WE WOULD BE
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| 00:32:41 |
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COMPLIMENTING HIM ON HIS ELOQUENCE. DO YOU THINK AFRICAN-AMERICAN BLACK VOTING FOR THOMPSON HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH RILING UP WHITE GAINED AGAINST...
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| 00:33:05 |
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REELECTION. PEOPLE LIKE THE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS THOUGHT HE IS NOT GOING TO BE REELECTED. HE IS A CLOWN. HE IS A CORRUPT PERSON BUT OF COURSE HE WON...
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| 00:35:02 |
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VOTE FOR CORRUPT POLITICIANS? AND THE THING TO TOLERATE IT. WHY DO THEY KEEP GETTING ELECTED? WE WILL TOLERATE CORRUPTION IF WE ARE TREATED WELL? PARKING...
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| 00:35:30 |
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I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MEASURE THESE
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| 00:35:33 |
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THINGS. WE ARE THE THIRD MOST CORRUPT STATE IN THE UNION. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MEASURE THESE THINGS UNLESS IT IS BY PROSECUTIONS FOR WHO GETS CONVICTED...
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| 00:37:18 |
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SERVICES LIKE HOUSING OFFICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. THESE WERE NOT IN EXISTENCE. IF YOU WERE AN AVERAGE CHICAGOAN AND YOU RAN INTO TROUBLE LOST...
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| 00:39:13 |
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INTEREST. I THINK THAT THEY OFTEN SERVE AS
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| 00:39:16 |
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A WAY FOR THE POLITICIANS OF THE STATE ATTORNEY'S TO TAKE THE POLITICAL TEMPERATURE AND FIGURE OUT WHETHER A CASE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT SO MY...
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| 00:40:47 |
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THINK THAT WOULD HAVE IMPACTED
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| 00:40:50 |
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SYMPATHY TOWARDS MR. HICKMAN? >> WANT TO TAKE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS? >> WANT TO ANSWER THAT? >> I DON'T
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| 00:41:02 |
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KNOW. THIS IS THE STORY AS IT UNFOLDED. OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD HAVE
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| 00:41:06 |
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HAD SOME IMPACT. THIS WAS
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| 00:41:09 |
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A VERY RACIST CITY. YOU ALSO HAVE TO SAY FROM THE WAY THAT THE POLICE PROSECUTED THE CASE REMEMBER THAT THE CORONER'S JURY RECOMMENDED STRONGLY THAT...
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| 00:44:08 |
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IN THE CITY? >> IF HE WAS A POLITICAL JOE ALLEN LATER THIS SAID THIS IS THE SIXTH LARGEST GERMAN CITY IN THE WORLD WHICH IS TRUE IN TERMS OF NUMBERS...
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| 00:44:27 |
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IN CHICAGO AT THE TIME. HE AND HIS POLITICAL MENTOR KNOWN AS THE POOREST WE'D MADE A CALCULATION THAT SAIDSWEDE MADE A CALCULATION THAT SAID IF...
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| 00:46:20 |
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WORK. HE PUTS IT IN QUOTES,
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| 00:46:23 |
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IN A SENSE TO SAY IRONICALLY THAT A WAR THAT KILLS SIXTY MILLION PEOPLE, HOW CAN THAT BE GOOD? IT IS NEVER AN ATTEMPT TO DIMINISH THE NAZIS OR THE FASCISTS...
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| 00:48:23 |
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AUTHORS ARE HERE TO SIGN BOOKS AND JOE ALLEN AND GARY KRIST AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING. A BOOK...
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| 00:48:49 |
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TAKING PLACE AROUND THE CORNER. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >> I AM SORRY. >> TO THE NEXT -- GET YOUR TICKETS READY. MAKE
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| 00:49:16 |
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ROOM
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FOR THE NEXT EVENT. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] >> BookTV CONTINUES LIVE
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