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Archive for September 17th, 2009
Uptown Celebrates Winthrop Avenue Pioneers, Remembers the Segregation They Faced
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Tags: African American, Ald. Helen Shiller, black community, North Side, segregation, Truman Square, Uptown, Winthrop Avenue, Winthrop Avenue Family Historical Garden
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