rob emmanuel was the mayor of chicago the time and had complete control of the schools. he decided in his lack of wisdom to close 50 public schools in a single day. which caused tremendous havoc and harm to the children of chicago. i should say that a lot of what he did was to benefit charter schools, and charter schools are part of a gentrification process. the city of chicago, between the years of 2,002,016, plus 200,000 african-american citizens. projects were torn down in our place. neighborhoods were gentrified and charter schools were built that would appeal to white middle-class families moving in to what had previously been black neighborhoods. and he announced an intention having close 50 schools, to close the last open enrollment high school in brownsville, which was the heart of the black community. it was called the walter h high school and g2 brown who is a hero in my book, is a civil rights leader. he led a group of allies and they pestered mayor emmanuel wherever he went and said don't close it save it. they weighed the signs in his face they protested and

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