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Hi, I'm Jessica Puppavac with the Curious City team.

This year, Chicago has been marking a grim centennial, the 100th anniversary of the race riot of 1919.

This past summer, Curious City explored the causes and effects of the bloody

events of that summer. In addition, some of our colleagues recently produced a half-hour

special that took a fresh look at the riots. They revisited 1919 through the lens of drama.

WBEZ and the podcast production company Make Believe Association created a radio

play, a docu drama that brings us closer to how it felt to live through the riot and to reckon

with its effects on Chicago today. Their interpretation really brings the history alive,

and so we wanted to share it with you.

This is City on Fire, Chicago Race Riot 1919.

Our guide for the journey is Natalie Moore.

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