Ira revisits interviews with Chicago voters from the 1997 and 2007 rebroadcasts of this episode. In 1997, ten years after Harold Washington’s demise, not a lot had modified in Chicago. By 2007, attitudes had begun to shift slowly, and one other Black politician from Chicago was on the rise — Barack Obama. Ira additionally speaks to David Axelrod, an advisor to each Harold Washington and Barack Obama. (10 minutes)
Tune: “Chicago” sung by Harold Washington at his second inauguration
