No. Remember, we still have housing segregation. It was rigid and state enforced. So our communities were mixed communities, down the street. Where the kids with no shoes that our parents would make sure that what little we had were shared. No matter what your socioeconomic status was. And we were between two public parks. Two Public Housing units. And so, i guess when you were able to move out of the housing unit and my parents were pleased that we never had to live in a housing unit that we did live in a fourstory walkup. Before we moved to where we lived. And those who were able to get into the community were those who were able to get a plot of land and two were able to build a house. Even when that happened, you were still in an all Africanamerican Community with people who were not economically self sufficient and you had friends in the housing unit. So you understood and you interacted with them at school. You are all there together. And i think it made a difference, in terms of
No. Remember, we still have housing segregation. It was rigid and state enforced. So our communities were mixed communities, down the street. Where the kids with no shoes that our parents would make sure that what little we had were shared. No matter what your socioeconomic status was. And we were between two public parks. Two Public Housing units. And so, i guess when you were able to move out of the housing unit and my parents were pleased that we never had to live in a housing unit that we did live in a fourstory walkup. Before we moved to where we lived. And those who were able to get into the community were those who were able to get a plot of land and two were able to build a house. Even when that happened, you were still in an all Africanamerican Community with people who were not economically self sufficient and you had friends in the housing unit. So you understood and you interacted with them at school. You are all there together. And i think it made a difference, in terms of
Black leadership oral History Collection posted by university of virginia posted by hostedity hsoted by university of virginia. She talks about growing up surrounded by artists and musicians. She also discusses her early political career before her election the senate as a democrat from illinois. She served as ambassador to new zealand during the clinton administration. The interview approximately an hour and 45 minutes was conducted by julian bond. Carol moseley braun, thank you for our explorations in black leadership should best leadership. Senator braun thank you. Happy to be here. And made a huge difference, because in that year, or maybe the year after, we moved from the heart of chicagos black belt to a neighborhood that was on the cutting edge of integration. As a result, i was able to go to a public school. Starting in the third grade. It had previously been all white. Traumas as a result of that. This was a result of the time of that whole nuclear scare. When rocks would be t
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