100 years of history: Timuel Black takes readers through Chicago streets in 'Sacred Ground'
CHICAGO - Youngsters: That was the word Timuel Black Jr. used to describe most of the audience at a recent Seminary Co-Op Bookstore event. Black, who is 100 years old, was discussing his latest book, "Sacred Ground: The Chicago Streets of Timuel Black."
His story begins with his family arriving in Chicago weeks after the race riot of 1919, part of the first wave of the Great Migration. Settling in what was called the Black Belt - an area that spanned from 26th Street to 63rd, Cottage Grove to State Street - Black considers the space Sacred Ground: "space from which major figures in the freedom movement emerged, and where historic commitments were forged."
"I'm here to personalize and transfer that history to younger people across all lines - race and gender," Black said. "'Sacred Ground' is a
