The author discusses his new book about Chicago’s postwar heyday.
Tag: Bronzeville
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Here comes Mae Ya Carter Ryan
Eleven-year-old Mae Ya Carter Ryan has a voice that sounds decades older than she is. People are starting to listen.
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One to watch this fall: comedian Brian Babylon
One to watch this fall: comedian Brian Babylon works both sides of Chicago’s color line
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Tree grows his own way
Tremaine “Tree” Johnson proves there’s more to the new generation of Chicago hip-hop than Chief Keef and the drill scene
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In this week’s Reader: Money talks, twice
What’s in the December 15th, 2011 issue of the Reader
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Zoom in: Bronzeville
Michael Reese Hospital isn’t getting developed any time soon.
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Boys and Men at Sonotheque
The Robert Townsend family drama “Of Boys and Men” headlines Indie Flicks on Tuesday at Sonotheque.
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Let the games begin
Beyond the smoke is the first clear sign that TIFs will fund the mayor’s Olympic dreams.
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Whose Blues Will They Choose?
The city has big plans to turn 47th Street into a tourist-friendly blues district and African marketplace. But if they kick out beloved local businesses, they may destroy the last authentic remnants of the heritage they’re trying to celebrate.
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Black Metropolis
35th and State was the cultural and financial epicenter of black Chicago. Could it be again?