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Illinois Gaming Board Agents Arrest Four Men for Video Gaming Café Burglary

December 20, 2024December 20, 2024 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Illinois Gaming Board Agents Arrest Four Men for Video Gaming Café Burglary The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) and the Illinois Attorney General’s Office announces the arrest of 23-year-old Diego G. Lopez from Mount Prospect, 23-year-old Gamaliel Garcia, Jr., from Chicago, 22-year-old Elliott J. Myers from Chicago, and 23-year-old Adrian A. Zavala from Berwyn. The four…

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Remembering Chicago’s racial tensions from the late 1960s

February 25, 2018November 29, 2020 Ray Hanania No Comments

Remembering Chicago’s racial tensions from the late 1960s Looking back at Chicago in the 1960s and the racial tensions that divided Blacks and Whites, I decided to write a book about that experience. White Flight, which I titled “Midnight Flight: One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online…

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Midnight Flight: Chapter 13 — Notes from Readers

January 29, 2016November 22, 2021 Ray Hanania 2 Comments

Midnight Flight: Chapter 13 — Notes from Readers One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online novel) By Ray Hanania (C) 1990-2022 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved Send us your comments, letters and memories and I will post them here. Email me by clicking here. You must let…

Baby Boomers, Blogger, Books & Films, Chicago, Commentary, Opinion, Suburban Chicagoland

Midnight Flight: Chapter 12 — Looking Back

January 29, 2016July 14, 2019 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Midnight Flight: Chapter 12 — Looking Back One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online novel) By Ray Hanania Midnight Flight, (C) 1990-2020 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved The families that moved out of South Shore Valley were the real losers. We were the victims, too, the people…

Baby Boomers, Books & Films, Suburban Chicagoland

Midnight Flight: Chapter 11 — Friends Left Behind

January 29, 2016August 6, 2019 Ray Hanania 2 Comments

Midnight Flight: Chapter 11 — Friends Left Behind One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online novel) By Ray Hanania Midnight Flight, (C) 1990-2018 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved Rely on memory for inspiration, but always check it for perfection and accuracy. Memory is human. So, it is…

Baby Boomers, Books & Films, Suburban Chicagoland

Midnight Flight: Chapter 10 — The Sub-Urban Life

January 29, 2016September 28, 2018 Ray Hanania 2 Comments

Midnight Flight: Chapter 10 — The Sub-Urban Life One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online novel) By Ray Hanania Midnight Flight, (C) 1990-2018 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved “Wash your whiskey in your water, sugar in your tea …” “Wuz all this crazy questions you askin’ me …”…

Baby Boomers, Books & Films, Suburban Chicagoland

Midnight Flight: Chapter 9 — Midnight Flight

January 29, 2016February 25, 2018 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Midnight Flight: Chapter 9 — Midnight Flight One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online novel) By Ray Hanania Midnight Flight, (C) 1990-2018 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved “I’m gonna leave the city, got to get away. “I’m gonna leave the city, got to get away. “All this fussing…

Baby Boomers, Books & Films, Suburban Chicagoland

Midnight Flight: Chapter 8 — In the Eye of the Storm

January 29, 2016September 28, 2018 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Midnight Flight: Chapter 8 — In the Eye of the Storm One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online novel) By Ray Hanania Midnight Flight, (C) 1990-2018 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved “I can fly like a bird in the sky. “I can buy anything that money can buy….

Baby Boomers, Books & Films, Suburban Chicagoland

Midnight Flight: Chapter 7 — Bowen High School

January 29, 2016September 28, 2018 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Midnight Flight: Chapter 7 — Bowen High School One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online novel) By Ray Hanania Midnight Flight, (C) 1990-2018 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved “Give me a head with Hair, long beautiful Hair, “Shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen, “Give me down to there, Hair!…

Baby Boomers, Books & Films, Suburban Chicagoland

Midnight Flight: Chapter 6 — Alone in the Playground

January 29, 2016September 28, 2018 Ray Hanania 2 Comments

Midnight Flight: Chapter 6 — Alone in the Playground One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online novel) By Ray Hanania Midnight Flight, (C) 1990-2018 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved “There she was just a walking down the street, “singing do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do “Snapping her…

Baby Boomers, Books & Films, Suburban Chicagoland

Midnight Flight: Chapter 5 — Black is Bad

January 29, 2016September 28, 2018 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Midnight Flight: Chapter 5 — Black is Bad One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online novel) By Ray Hanania Midnight Flight, (C) 1990-2018 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved “I’m from Milwaukee, and I ought to know. “It’s Blatz, Blatz, Blatz, Blatz, wherever you go. “Blatz is the…

Baby Boomers, Books & Films, Suburban Chicagoland

Midnight Flight: Chapter 4 — Written Long Before

January 29, 2016August 6, 2019 Ray Hanania 2 Comments

Midnight Flight: Chapter 4 — Written Long Before One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online novel) By Ray Hanania Midnight Flight, (C) 1990-2019 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved Chicago’s borders, literally, marked the end of civilization as we knew it. Beyond the city’s borders was a vast wasteland…

Baby Boomers, Books & Films, Suburban Chicagoland

Midnight Flight: Chapter 3 — A Beautiful, Idyllic Community

January 29, 2016July 14, 2019 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Midnight Flight: Chapter 3 — A Beautiful, Idyllic Community One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online novel) By Ray Hanania Midnight Flight, (C) 1990-2020 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved “You don’t know, what we can find. “Why don’t you come home with me little girl, “on…

Baby Boomers, Books & Films, Suburban Chicagoland

Midnight Flight: Chapter 2, Dividing Lines

January 29, 2016November 22, 2021 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Midnight Flight: Chapter 2, Dividing Lines One family’s experience of White Flight and the racial transformation of Chicago’s South Side (an online novel) By Ray Hanania Midnight Flight, (C) 1990-2020 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved “You never really knew a man until you stood in his shoes and walked around in them.” — To Kill…

Baby Boomers, Blogger, Books & Films, Chicago, Commentary, Opinion, Suburban Chicagoland

Midnight Flight: Chapter 1, Introduction

January 29, 2016November 22, 2021 Ray Hanania 2 Comments

Midnight Flight: Chapter 1, Introduction By Ray Hanania Midnight Flight, (C) 1990-2020 Ray Hanania, All Rights Reserved This book is about one family’s experience of White Flight from a changing and great Chicago community, South Shore Valley (also called South Shore Gardens, Calumet Heights). It is also one person’s memory of living in a wonderful…

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