chicago

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Becoming

An autobiography of lawyer and American First Lady Michelle Obama.
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Cadillac Records

Chicago record-company executive Leonard Chess makes a name for his company, Chess Records, and the new talent he signs, including Etta James, Chuck Berry, and Muddy Waters, while the musicians deal with fame, sex, drugs, race issues, and violence during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Little Caesar

A small-time Chicago hoodlum rises to criminal fame and power.
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Hardball

a season in the projects
Chronicles the 1991 season of an inner city Little League baseball team in Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing project.
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The house on Mango Street

A young girl living in a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago ponders the advantages and disadvantages of her environment and evaluates her relationships with family and friends.
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Ninjas, piranhas, and Galileo

Honoria, Shohei, and Elias, who are "united together against That Which Is The Peshtigo School, " face conflict over their budding romantic interest and a science project gone awry.
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Michelle

A brief biography of Michelle Obama that chronicles her childhood and heritage, education, marriage, and becoming First Lady of the United States.
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Frontline

Documents the actions of three individuals who work to stop violence in Chicago by trying to intervene in disputes before they turn violent.

Chicago 10

A look at what happened during the anti-war protest of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and the subsequent trial brought against the protest organizers by the city. Includes animation, archival footage, and music from today's artists.

Only twice I've wished for heaven

a novel
Relates the experiences of a variety of African-Americans some wealthy and some poor living in Chicago discussing their adventures, hopes, and fears.

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