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Article: Evanston: racially mixed - and divided
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 23, 1992
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When college professor Adolph Reed switched from Yale to
Northwestern University last fall, he was "pleasantly surprised" to
discover how racially mixed Evanston is.
But Evanston also had some unpleasant surprises for Reed, who
is black.
He noticed that, downtown, white women clutched their
belongings when they passed him on the street. "I'm 45, hardly a
teenager," Reed said.
Even more disturbing was his treatment in the Evanston bank
where he has an account. On two occasions, he said, guards were
conspicuously shadowing his movements.
"Despite what the image of Evanston is - open, liberal,
everybody talks about how integrated the school system is - I'm
beginning to get the ...