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I have chosen to use the exact words used by the people of the day in this story. This includes the racial slurs used by those involved. I think using the word “nigger” versus “the N word” impacts the story and shows the prejudice and bigotry that existed back then. Using it is in no... Continue Reading →
Jack walked into the dingy market and gas station. He didn’t need gas but it was August in Texas, it was hot and he was thirsty. He nodded as he walked past the employee behind the counter. He was a robust younger fellow who was speaking with an equally robust man who stood on the... Continue Reading →
How the Chicago Housing Authority Treated its Poor and Huddled Masses It was on March 30, 2011 that the last high rise of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing projects was torn down. Scant traces of its former history are barely found by the keen observer as redevelopment has closed the 70 acre complex which housed at times about... Continue Reading →
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