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Kimberly Neil and Beverly Neil

From the Collection: Pain and Promise: Remembering the Fight for School Integration


In this recording, Kimberly Neil interviews her mother Beverly Neil about growing up in Chicago Public Schools during integration. Beverly remembers school as a fun place to go to when she was in a neighborhood elementary school. However, Beverly describes incidents where white teachers would discriminate against and stereotype Black students in humiliating fashion. She also talks about the insularity of some Black student organizations at her integrated high school.

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