Monday, October 17, 2011

Chicago's Great Migration: Blacks Leaving Historic Neighborhoods For Less Windy Cities


CHICAGO — Nearly seven decades ago, James Middleton was just a toddler when he watched a white man shoot and kill a black man in the little town of Lambert, Mississippi.
He had tagged along with his father to run errands and, giddy with excitement, sat in his daddy's Ford as they pulled up to a local restaurant. There was a commotion out front —a family friend arguing with the eatery's white owner, who had a pistol in his hand. Continue at huffingtonpost.com

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