About

CREDITS:

WEBSITE

Website Design
Jenny Macchione

Website Development
Kevin Crowley
Chris Ege
Justin Henderson

Website Producer
Margaret Newman

Photography
Alan Brunettin

Senior Vice President, Marketing & Interactive Media
Anne Gleason

TELEVISION PRODUCTION

Produced By
Eddie Griffin

Host
Geoffrey Baer

Associate Producer
Ava Odom Martin

Written By
Geoffrey Baer and Eddie Griffin

Assistant Producers
Erica Gunderson
Tim Masterton
Jasmine White

Director of Photography
Tom Siegel

Camera
Dave Moyer

Lighting
Danny Rozkuszka
Rich Lanza

Editor
Tim Boyd

Art Director
Linda Fox

Proxy Editor
Eddie Griffin

Interns
Taylor Holley
Nora Mabie
Angie Wiesgal

Post Production
Mark Anderson
Don DeMartini
Tim Jackson

Media Managers
Barry Blue
Juan Carranza

Publicist
Julia Maish

Facilities Manager
Michelle McKenzie-Voigt

VP, Chief Technology Officer
Mark Jahnke

Home Video Production
Stephanie Malmquist
Tom Peth

Legal
Eshed Halpern

WTTW Archives
Michael McKee

Additional Camera
Roy Alan
Tim Boyd
Michael Cox

Original Score
Stuart Rosenberg

Executive Producers
Dan Soles
V.J. McAleer

Image Courtesy
ABC7 Chicago, Bud Billiken Parade 2015
Apostolic Church of God
AU Entertainment
Bernie Wong
Bitter Jester Creative
Black Fives Foundation
Bridgeport News, Ellen C. Ryan
Buyout Footage.com
The Chicago Community Trust
Chicago Crusader Newspaper
Chicago Defender Newspaper
The Chicago History Museum
ChicagoPostcardMuseum.org
Chicago State University Archives
Christopher Morrison
City Colleges of Chicago
Critical Past.com
David Shepard Archives
Delmark Records
DePaul University
Destination America 5
Erin Zhoughi
Friends of Big Marsh and Studio 604
George Nierenberg Pictures
Harlem Globetrotters International, Inc.
James Foster for the Sun-Times
Joann Podkul Murphy
Kartemquin Films, The Last Pullman Car
Kevin P. Murphy
Lewis University
Lucas Seibel
Lynn Sapp
“Major League Baseball footage used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. and MLB Advanced Media, L.P., as applicable. All rights reserved.”
Marc PoKempner
Marist High School
McCaffery Interests
Media Burn Archive
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Mike Watson Films
Mount Carmel High School
National Pullman Porter Museum
Noel Hughes/Journeys in America
Periscope Films
Peter Ascoli
PoPsi Randolph Photography
Prelinger Archives
Pullman State Historic Site Museum
Rebuild Foundation
Robo Ariel
Roosevelt University
Sara Pooler
St. Rita of Cascia High School
Site Design Group
University of Chicago Athletics
U.S. National Archives
Victor Modlinski
World’s Finest Chocolate

Special Thanks
AmTrak
Amelia Kohm
Brandis Friedman
Chicago Park District, Ivy Blanton
Kozy Cyclery
Leila Geoshaghany
Lisa Tipton