Her last book, The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation. The South Side highlights the impact of Chicago’s historic segregation-and the ongoing policies that keep the system intact. Moore shares an excerpt from her latest book, 'The South Side: A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation. Moore is an award winning Chicago-based author and journalist. Chicago native Natalie Moore shines a light on contemporary segregation in the city’s South Side with a memoirist’s eye, she showcases the lives of these communities through the stories of her own family and the people who reside there. cities, no particular race dominates Chicago is divided equally into black, white and Latino, each group clustered in its various turfs. Though other cities-including Cleveland, Los Angeles and Baltimore-can fight over the mantle of segregation, it’s clear that Chicago is defined by it. Moore > Quotes () Showing 1-2 of 2 Desperate, Tillman confessed to charges of murder and rape for which he wasnt responsible - a few weeks later, the CPD caught the real killer - but Burge still turned Tillmans false confession over to Daleys prosecutors, and Tillman was convicted.

Yet swept under the rug is another story: the stench of segregation that permeates and compromises Chicago. Daley and Rahm Emanuel have touted Chicago as a “world-class city.” The skyscrapers kissing the clouds, the billion-dollar Millennium Park, Michelin-rated restaurants, pristine lake views, fabulous shopping, vibrant theater scene, downtown flower beds and stellar architecture tell one story. Ta-Nehisi Coates, author of Between the World and Me Moore’s latest is essential to anyone attempting to understand race in Chicago, our most American of cities.”

Moore brings her considerable gifts as a journalist and historian to bear along with her knowledge as a South Side native. “Natalie Moore’s The South Side is an exquisite exploration of a portion of Chicago that has long embodied the problems and promise of black America. A Portrait of Chicago and American Segregation

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