Category Archives: Verbatim

In their own words (includes Federal Writers’ Project oral histories)

Verbatim: “I’se Bo’n in Slavetime” (Part 1)

Posted on June 19, 2020 by hometown

Below is the vacant lot at 1203 East Leuda Street on the near East Side. On the left is a building that housed Adolph Schilder’s neighborhood grocery store in the 1920s and 1930s. The frame house of five hundred square … Continue reading →

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