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                            1921

                            Burst Into Books To Open Community Center And Bookstore For Kids Of Color In Roseland

                            The nonprofit with a focus on literacy plans to open "a space for the youth" of Roseland and the Far South Side in September, founder Jurema Gorham said. "When the kids walk in ... they'll say, 'This was created for me.'"

                            Roseland, Pullman
                            Maxwell Evans

                            Named To Honor Black Wall Street, 1921 Business Incubator Brings Co-Working Space, Startup Support To Far South Side

                            The 12,000-square-foot business incubator will try to create an atmosphere of support and success in a Black neighborhood, much like Tulsa's Greenwood District before the massacre of 1921.

                            Roseland, Pullman
                            Bob Chiarito