Growing up in Chicago’s “Black Belt” - Timuel Black
Timuel Black, AM’54, recalls how growing up in the “Black Belt” on the South Side of Chicago was like growing up “in a city within a city.”
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Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature
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