Marvin and Gerry Kraus's Contributions to North Avondale
Item
- Title
- Marvin and Gerry Kraus's Contributions to North Avondale
- Description
- These articles reflect the hard and persistent work it took to make and keep North Avondale racially and economically integrated. My dad's point about the significance of a white family buying a house from a black family seems insightful and emblematic of the character of North Avondale and perhaps is underinvestigated. This is not to idealize race relations which were far from perfect, but rather that the arrow was moving in the right direction toward healing and repairing systemic racism. The street sign issue reminded me that while the picture of Heschel marching at Selma tells one story, addressing faded street signs tells another. Namely, who is to say that a grand gesture of support has a greater positive impact than the mundane improvement of street signs that benefitted the entire neighborhood? While being an ally to black people in their struggle is certainly commendable, the idea of a racially and economically diverse neighborhood with common struggles that have little or nothing to do with race also sends a powerful message of what a better world looks like.
- Format
- jpg
- Subject
- Integration Housing Street Signs
- Type
- newspaper articles
- Date
- 3/14/85 and 2/23/93
- Language
- English
- Creator
- IDK
- Item sets
- Avondale Neighborhood Archive
This item was submitted on March 17, 2022 by Matthew Kraus using the form “Add to the Archive” on the site “Avondale Neighborhood Archive”: https://uchistorylab.com/avondale/s/archive
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