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An Autobiography of Black Chicago
Few were more qualified than Dempsey Travis to write the history of African Americans in Chicago, and none would be able to do it with the same command of firsthand sources. This seminal paperback reissue,
An Autobiography of Black Chicago,
emulates the best works of Studs Terkel portraying the African American Chicago community through the personal experiences of Dempsey
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400 pages
Published
November 19th 2013
by Agate Bolden
(first published January 1989)
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This was a great insight into Black Chicago including the community of Bronzeville, Jim Crowisn, thriving Black businesses, discrimination in housing and employment. It also highlighted the good times in Bronzeville - the clubs, theater and other entertainment. Some familiar names grew in the community - Red Foxx, Nat King Cole, Harold Washington. It's a classic
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Dempsey J. Travis was an entrepreneur, historian and self-made multi-millionaire. He was the president of Travis Realty Company, which has been listed among the Largest 100 Black Business in America by Black Enterprise Magazine. Mr. Travis was also listed for seven years in Ebony Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Black Americans and as Black Businessman of the Year by Dollar and Sense Ma
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