The late Chicagoan George Nesbitt could perhaps best be described as an ordinary man with an extraordinary gift for storytelling. In his newly uncovered memoir—written fifty years ago, yet never published—he chronicles in vivid and captivating detail the story of how his upwardly mobile Midwestern Black family lived through the
The post Read an excerpt from “Being Somebody and Black Besides” by George B. Nesbitt appeared first on The Chicago Blog.