The West Side of Rockford, IL — Race, Cultural, and Economic Realities

Medium - January 12, 2023

I was a young, Black child whose imagination was impacted heavily by what life in Fairgrounds had to offer — wild teenagers, Black people falling in love, Black music, Black food, the early yet burgeoning hip-hop/b-boy/b-girl dance movement, fly Buicks, Cadillacs, and Pontiacs that were almost as long as a sailboats with the coolest Black women and men driving them all over the west side, the south side, and the west end of Rockford, Illinois.

The West Side of Rockford, IL — Race, Cultural, and Economic Realities