I circled back to the original question from the Uptown woman and said: Simply put, the people make the South Side special. They still are from losing a friend so suddenly, so young. I shared some of these stories and memories with the Uptown book crowd. Drive around this summer and smell what wafts from backyards. I once had a friend visit from New York and ask, why does the South Side smell like barbecue? It’s true. Our neighborhoods are filled with people working, going to school, you know, ordinary things people do. But our neighborhoods are often uneventful - no murders, no gun slinging on every corner. The South Side is synonymous with bedlam for many people living in the region. My mother took us to see Maya Angelou speak on the South Side. She lent me money, shared her candy and let me borrow her Esprit outfits. Moore, a South Side native and public-radio journalist who covers the region, explores the systems and sentiments that keep Chicago segregation intact in The South Side: A.

We threw spaghetti at each other one time. At her fifth birthday party we got mad at each other and I told her to put up her dukes. At age 11 we decided to brew coffee drinks and doused the cups with milk and sugar. We put candles on our pizzas on birthdays. With sociological research complimenting her own experiences and those of other residents and activists, Moore dives into how segregation impacts so much more than. She had the best pajama parties, either for her birthday or impromptu. Natalie Moore grew up on the South Side of Chicago and after going away to school, came back to live, work as a radio journalist, and write about it with fondness, concern, and hope. On warm summer nights, we sat on her front stoop. We rode our 10-speed bikes around the neighborhood. We were together on the L train at 14 years old when I pieced together segregation when we saw throngs of white people get off on the South Side - Comiskey Park. I write about her in my Chatham chapter of the book. We attended church and day camp together.

The south side by natalie y moore