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Remembering a past that has long left Chicago behind

Posted on August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Remembering a past that has long left Chicago behind
Remembering a past that has long left Chicago behind

Remembering a past that has long left Chicago behind Chicago was a different place when I grew up there in the 1950s and 1960s. People felt safer and some problems and there was less crime. And, every ethnic and racial group lived openly among themselves proudly and happily. That is a far contrast from today’s…

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Remembering Chicago’s racial tensions from the late 1960s

Posted on February 25, 2018November 29, 2020 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Remembering Chicago’s racial tensions from the late 1960s
Remembering Chicago’s racial tensions from the late 1960s

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

Posted on January 29, 2016November 22, 2021 By Ray Hanania 2 Comments on Midnight Flight: Chapter 13 — Notes from Readers
Midnight Flight: Chapter 13 — Notes from Readers

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…

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Midnight Flight: Chapter 12 — Looking Back

Posted on January 29, 2016July 14, 2019 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Midnight Flight: Chapter 12 — Looking Back
Midnight Flight: Chapter 12 — Looking Back

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…

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Midnight Flight: Chapter 11 — Friends Left Behind

Posted on January 29, 2016August 6, 2019 By Ray Hanania 2 Comments on Midnight Flight: Chapter 11 — Friends Left Behind

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…

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Midnight Flight: Chapter 10 — The Sub-Urban Life

Posted on January 29, 2016September 28, 2018 By Ray Hanania 2 Comments on Midnight Flight: Chapter 10 — The Sub-Urban Life
Midnight Flight: Chapter 10 — The Sub-Urban Life

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 …”…

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Midnight Flight: Chapter 9 — Midnight Flight

Posted on January 29, 2016February 25, 2018 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Midnight Flight: Chapter 9 — Midnight Flight
Midnight Flight: Chapter 9 — Midnight Flight

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…

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

Posted on January 29, 2016September 28, 2018 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Midnight Flight: Chapter 8 — In the Eye of the Storm

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….

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Midnight Flight: Chapter 7 — Bowen High School

Posted on January 29, 2016September 28, 2018 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Midnight Flight: Chapter 7 — Bowen High School

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!…

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Midnight Flight: Chapter 6 — Alone in the Playground

Posted on January 29, 2016September 28, 2018 By Ray Hanania 2 Comments on Midnight Flight: Chapter 6 — Alone in the Playground

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…

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Midnight Flight: Chapter 5 — Black is Bad

Posted on January 29, 2016September 28, 2018 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Midnight Flight: Chapter 5 — Black is Bad

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…

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Midnight Flight: Chapter 4 — Written Long Before

Posted on January 29, 2016August 6, 2019 By Ray Hanania 2 Comments on Midnight Flight: Chapter 4 — Written Long Before

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…

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