I made a blog for my mom

[Irulan]

Oh, no, - not in CA. This would have been an integrated preschool in Chicago, in the 50's. Hyde Park -Kenwood, near the U of C, was one of the first "integrated neighborhoods' in the nation, according to what I know, where middle class black and white families lived side by side.

I asked my mom just how many pieces she has. "copius amounts' was the answer. I think I have it down to a system. All I"m doing is pasting things in, formatting them, proofing for typos and scheduling them to go out. I have at least 8 things in the pipe already. I don't think it's going to be too much work. I'm moderating comments, which only takes a sec.

[Trek420]

OK, according to my Mom our Mom's might not know each other. Alice Neel sounds familiar to me somehow.

JJ Wilson has met my siblings. My brother taught at Sonoma State. My sister is a professor but in Norway and has been to at least one event at her home.

[Irulan]

I found this photo today. It's totally worth sharing. I put it with her memoir, "50 years of peace marches"

as an aside, she just gave me a book of articles/essays/memoirs shes written on race, integration, related politics, white privelege etc,. These are all based in the area of Chicago that was up for "urban renewal", where she lived, with the melding of white and black middle class. I am delighted that I can scan the text from xeroxes right into Word for editing. So stay tuned. It's very interesting stuff.

[thekarens]

That is so cool!

[Irulan]

...like I said, really cool stuff.
Back in 1953, her newspaper did a small PR ad showing a group of children of different colors playing together and talking about "let's all get along". The paper got hate mail calling them "commie" and "red"....
Here is the latest blog entry about it.
http://hadditt.com/build-a-better-america/

[finnporter]

this is a really cool blog. I've added it to my reader so I won't miss a post.
It's such an interesting read. Your Mum rocks!