Oak Park River Forest High School documentary

[gallahadesquire]

The system where Ernest Hemingway, Kathy Griffin, and the Voice of Homer Simpson went is being presented in a documentary America to Me on the STARZ network, beginning August 26.

 

When I was there in the mid to late 60’s, I had one black classmate out of about 900 graduating seniors. This documentary exhibits the problem of African Americans trying to find themselves in a vary traditional, Republican, conservative suburb.

 

Oak Park was also the location for the architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

 

Should be interesting. It will probably be disturbing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Park_and_River_Forest_High_School

[+ bashful]

Great area of Chicago (or suburban Chicago). Never knew much until changing jobs soon after I moved to Chicago, and a co-worker lived adjacent to the Wright District, and grew up in River Forest in what was a "modest" home for the neighborhood. After, visited the area several times. Like it a lot. Both are destination suburbs of Chicago, if you want to pay the taxes. Oak Park is very gay friendly, and I would hazard to guess more Democratic leaning than River Forest. Looking forward to seeing the documentary.

[MassageDrew]

Oh wow, yeah. I didn’t attend the school but I have used the tennis courts on the weekends