Red Summer Songbook Volume 5: Ida B. & Big Bill T.

Our Red Summer Songbook series returns with a fascinating look at Ida B. Wells (Barnett) and Chicago Mayor “Big Bill” Thompson. Together they map the political landscape of Chicago in 1919, but more importantly they map the emotional landscape of a bitterly divided city. Join Melanie McCullough and Bob Sanders as they explore their character journeys and the intersection of two worlds (then and now) separated by a century of stagnant “political pragmatism.” Featured songs include “My City/My Town,” “Tempers, Timbers and TNT,” and “The New Negro.”