Outsider in the Promised Land: Black Family in Jewish Community

Outsider in the Promised Land: Black Family in Jewish Community

This manuscript details the story of Gwendoline Fortune and her family, one of the first Black families to move to Skokie in the 1960s. Fortune describes the complex social position of being an upwardly mobile, educated and financially secure Black family in a predominantly White and Jewish community, and the racism and friendships she and her family encountered while living in Skokie. Fortune often described her writing as "faction."

2015

Clearbridge, Barbara

Hankins, Rebecca

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© 2015 Estate of Gwendoline Y. Fortune

All rights reserved, including electronic. For reprint information beyond brief quotes for review or scholarly purposes, contact Roger Fortune. Contact information available on page 2 of outsider in the Promised Land.

99 pages

paper

Collection of Skokie Public Library

Skokie Public Library

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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971