@bobsal u1553115,
When I lived in Chicago back in the late fifties, I walked on the South side of Chicago often. I also visited the Museum of Science and Industry often, walking in that area of the city. Never felt scared.
As a matter of fact, when I worked at a night club, Honolulu Harry's, on Friday nights and weekends in North Chicago on Wilson, there were several blacks working at the restaurant. I used to go with them to some hide-a-ways like you see in the movies some times to South Chicago. They have a peep hole to see whose there. I was invited by my friends, and enjoyed that time of my life.
My buddy's parents owned this night club.
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