The story of a young woman from Wisconsin who goes to Chicago, becomes an actress, marries and goes to New York, and when her husband loses his job, goes onstage again.
In 1941 Chicago, fifteen-year-old Ruby, a Polish-American girl from the slums, leaves her meat-packing plant job to be a "taxi" dancer, paid a dime apiece to dance with men in a dance hall, and becomes entangled with the mob.
Offers a brief overview of the life of Michelle Obama, discussing her childhood, education, career as a lawyer, family, role as First Lady, and other related topics.
race, real estate, and the exploitation of Black urban America
Satter, Beryl
2009
Argues that legal and financial exploitation has led to the ruin of African-American urban neighborhoods throughout the country and offers examples of instances that support the theory.
Presents twentieth-century American playwright Lorraine Hansberry's most famous works, "A Raisin in the Sun," about inner-city African-American family life, and "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," about a man struggling in a world of racial and social injustice; also includes three essays about the plays.
Celaya "Lala" Reyes, traveling from Chicago to Mexico City each summer, draws together stories of her Mexican-American family of shawl-makers, including her papa and Awful Grandmother.
A visual travel guide to Chicago, featuring color photographs, cutaways and floor plans of major sights, maps, descriptions of hotels and restaurants in all price ranges, and advice on local transportation and personal safety.
A young girl living in a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago ponders the advantages and disadvantages of her environment and evaluates her relationships with family and friends.
