The Tenement (1967 Documentary)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- 1967 Special report explores residents of a South Side Chicago tenement. Note: this is educational Film version. A longer version (in color) can be found here if you wish to explore more. • Video
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How that child took care of all her brothers and sisters at only eleven years old is well beyond me.... I hope she found some sort of happiness in her life...
I was a family of 7 my older sisters did alot to take care of me, but they were 15 and younger and we also were middle class, & well white. I watch this and the mom and kids deserve a medal, and a better life. I know I couldnt keep up the way all them did.
I agree. It was so sad to see someone that young having to care for so many.
@@fontainehiggins3638 those were the best day's. Family stuck together
amen to that,...
What in America in those days no fucking chance
When the 2 young ladies said they didn't look forward to a new day, My heart broke 😢
It's the same as today.... Ain't damn thing has changed
Mine too... 😔
Likewise Sis, it hit me like ton of bricks.
That was brutal.
Dimitri Jackson Not true. Things have changed for the better, still have a ways to go, but things are not remotely as they used to be, especially in Chicago.
Laying in bed all day is also a sign of depression. It is a clinically defined symptom known as lethargy.
A sign of laziness.
Wwooosh lol
@Max Larsen dude lol no wonder. Weed is a depressant. More harm has been done to kids being lied to about weed. It is not harmless, far from it. Scientists are finding that the younger you start, it can affect your brain development and result in psychiatric problems. Stop the weed and talk to a mental health pro.
@Max Larsen lol. okay.
It happens when one feels hopeless, like they did. It’s heartbreaking. They never had a chance for a good life, growing up like that.
"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?" -Langston Hughes (1951)
It doesn't have to, if you find a way to be resilient and take a different approach. The fathers who found the job opportunity enticing could have worked the summer and come back to the South in the winter, while still sending money for his dream back home, once he realized the great migration wasn't so great. Also, figuring out that having 9+ children in a city like Chicago isn't going to work for them on your wage. In major metro cities, the rent will ALWAYS be high, and the wage for unskilled labor low. Some black millennials have gotten closer to cracking the code. And for those of us living in major metro cities, we're simply not having children in those large drove of numbers. In order to more effectively parent. Not to say other systemic operations are not at play. But its about focusing on what you can control, and that is WHERE you choose to raise children beyond...say...four (in number) on a certain wage.
@@wisdomwonder1 Hmm what do non white ppl blk ppl control. Cuz the system of white supremacy a blk person is already control.
Black Knight, you do have a point! B1.
I like the message that those migrating fathers did not abandon their women and children.
a raisin is already dried up
I hear a lot of criticism about them having too many children and being too religious, but has anyone noticed that the people sound more articulate and intelligent than many in the hood today?---even the kids!
They really do.
Now a days I cant even tell if those in the hood are speaking English.
They may have been poor, religious, and had a lot of kids. However, they valued family, God and religious values, education, and hard work. We as a people have drifted far from those values.
@Videouploadsoyoucansee The hiphop artist don't contribute to it. If your gonna talk hiphop then you have to blame the Jewish owned record labels. The artist don't dictate which way the trends go. The radio stations & Jewish owned labels control the trends. The artist don't own any of the major labels or control the radio stations.
Back then you had good school teachers that cared. These kids today can't stay in school because of the drugs the crime.
Man you really realize that alot today's problems started generations ago.
*All planned*
Like on 9/11 being brainwashed by some religious crap and flying a plane into world trade center.. Thats what happens when your forced into believing god crap. Religion destroys more than it does good the problems started when people started inventing gods and trying to control and scare others with it..
one of the biggest things I notice is tv watching and alot of sitting around
You can say that again
Exactly @prod by mefe
Both of my Grandparents migrated from Mississippi. My grandfather worked several jobs at one time moved from the projects to Englewood renting from someone then eventually he moved his family to the 100's. He put 3 girls through college. My family was blessed.
indeed fortunate. Your grandfather was hard worker who wanted better for his legacy and you should be very proud of that.
What's the 100?
@@diodio9494 The address is further south, example 10001 South Halsted.
At that time the 100"s was a better neighborhood to live in. A Better part of town.
I bet he didn't wake up every day and see despair. He saw opportunities. Good for him. It's all a state of mind.
I was born and raised in Chicago during the latter part of 1956 until I left and went to school in Kansas. Yes I remember the hard times. I was raised by my grandma whom had her own children still at own going to school. I had uncles to help me and guide me. I was taught to have a plan. I finished high school and went to the Marine Corp.I turned out good. I escaped the gangs and a lot of negative things going on at that time. I retired in 22 years at the age of 41. On June 24 I retired again from trucking and today I don't worry about a damn thing.I put two sons through college and have two more on the way.Having a plan hard work and dedication. I LOVE YOU CHI TOWN
That's a great blessing
Did you move back to Chicago?
nice to hear someone getting a leg up. but i will say black women were usually seen as a threat only by white women. white men view black women back then as they do today you can get a leg up if u try. for a black male though in a white male world, it's getting somewhat better but generally u can still forget it.
@@francesshackelford9848 I'm in Seattle now, thank God for it!!
Good for u but many wasn't as fortunate
They should have done a "Where are they now" with these families.
💯
Unfortunately I’m scared to know.
We probably wouldn't like what we'd find out unfortunately
@@nativegyrl42 exactly...
I was thinking the same thing, because I'm sure praying they found a better life, and everyone's doing well.✌🏽❤🙏🏻
My man, your channel is binge worthy. Thank you for your service.
I agree
Haha "binge worthy"😄👍👍
I’ve been watch ALL DAY!!!
This.
I love watching these old films, interesting but sad. Amazing how families still stuck together and made due with their circumstances.
Not quite. The documentary stated that most of the families in the tenement were headed by single mothers. Only one of the mothers was widowed. Whether it was because the children could get welfare benefits or just plain abandonment, most of the men were absent. The single mother head-of-household syndrome was taking hold.
@@shajane Back then they didn't have mothers addicted to drugs like they have now. Impoverished communities will have grandparents with drug problems too so the kids go off to foster care. I think that is the main difference between now and back then.
Well, except for the fathers of these kids. They didn't show many families with both parents. Shame on men who run out on their families.
ShaJane you’re absolutely right.
sonja I agree.
These people had a higher moral value than today.
Absolutely, I’m blown away.
I can't believe you tear up a place where you reside. I be damn
It's sent chills when they said they don't look forward to a new day
Staring reality in the face.
They’re all depressed smh
The pain in their voices....
LaTia Unique I picked that up as well.
Deut 66 KJV And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: 67In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 68And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt (bondage)again with ships (slave ships), by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen (slave men)and bondwomen (slave women), and no man shall buy you (redeem you)...
My goodness yes!! The moral made my soul tear!! Then I think about these rappers with a 100k on their neck, which they brag about in their songs. All the money they spend with other entrepreneurs, not supporting black businesses. Is their a black owned jeweler they can give free advertising? Like they do the Chinese and other races?
When they came up with welfare they didnt want a man around and the kids began not to be raised right and just because others dont want to do nothing dont mean you cant GET UP AND WORK USE YOUR MIND AND YOUR MUSCLE m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3578797982164372&id=100001026151518
Lazarus Woods looking at blk wealth through celebrity makes everyone aspirational but it’s false and it acts as a veil towards the real plight of blk America. We are currently living in an era where our family net worth is less than $1 collectively. No progress has been made.
Black people are so strong they push through no matter what.
@@jacquelinejames1444 what are you talking about?
Push through. ..the 1st is on Monday
@Joepie De poepie Your comment was very harsh, although some of it may be true, there is a better way to formulate it. I agree that Black people need to stop depending on the system. It is the same system that is keeping them down. The whining and crying will get them nowhere. As a minority myself, I've always found it interesting how people that are not born here, move here and build a life. And I'm not talking just about the educated ones. But black people are born here and they continue to struggle just like they did back in the '60s....it doesn't make one bit of sense. they should start to look within and maybe they will discover that their main problem is really not White people.
@@cestbonbon5961 You need to read up on American history and social engineering of the African American experience here before making sweeping generalizations on immigrant success. Immigrants are given incentives to come here and do well. America has systematically locked African Americans out of governing, education, finance, employment, home ownership and other forms of wealth creation, not to mention state sanctioned terror for over 400+ years. Look at sports...white America knows that if the economic playing field were level like athletics - them and the immigrant buffer class such as yourself would be trampled on. Go read ...you don't know enough, I will excuse you for now...you are new...
@@CA-pp5nx Before I finish reading your post, sorry, you are very wrong about immigrants being given incentives???? that is absolutely not true. The only immigrants that get some sort of help when they land here are refugees. They are given a place to stay and some money for a very limited time (6 months in general) and then they are on their own.
Now this is what you call Reality TV
Its .. white oppression TV .. showing us what they want. But we must read between the lines. There are many messages to be taken from this..
CHOSEN 2C..DOYOU REALLY THINK PEOPLE STAYED IN BED, OR SAT SLEEPING UPRIGHT WHILE CAMERA'S WERE ROLLING? THIS IS STAGED JUST LIKE 'KEEPING UP W/ THE KARDASIANS'..
@@ladyloronlis4242 Are you kidding?
@@Ayont1 Smart, intellectual response to an earlier ignorant commentary from Lady Loronlis. Unfortunately, we continue to have misguided, brainwashed, indoctrinated, programmed, uneducated modern-day Bafoons share ignorant perspectives. Tonya, I truly thank you for attempting to school that social degenerate on orchestrated and systematic Racism, Discrimination, exploitation, hatred and bigotry towards Afrikan American Decedents of Slavery in Chicago and AMERIKKKA! Documented history is available for those who elect to research oppressive Jim Crow history and segregation in AMERIKKKA! No one has to continue to be ignorant and brainwashed with lies and deliberate misinformation in the 21st century.
Yes harsh reality
This is powerful. Blew me away✊🏾✊🏾✊🏿✊🏿
Agreed
This breaks my heart, but im glad i watched.
Great video.... #movingBLACKwards...Thats why people MUST support videos like this one as well as this video - ua-cam.com/video/-NAJjAIjtoE/v-deo.html
I just don't understand! I wonder why they had so many children when they couldn't afford to take care of them. I don't like to be around people that blame everybody but yourself.
@@traceyf4842 I will never understand why people in poverty (in the U.S. and other countries) continue to have kids! It's like when you see coverage of a civil war in some impoverished country, and they're all carrying babies! How the hell could you be thinking of having sex or growing a family in the middle of a damned war?! And why are so many of the people seeking asylum in the U.S. either pregnant or bringing infants and children with them? If it were so bad in their homeland, then why would they even think about bringing a kid into the misery they claim to be fleeing?? The U.S. welfare system should REQUIRE birth control and vasectomies. Period. And don't even get me started on the need for mandatory sterilization. (I saw a program about that "Octomom" lady, and it made me sick!)
The only things that I feel sorry 4 are the poor dogs💔
Swahalum, Mexico has brought thousands of it's people to the U.S. Most of them are illegal aliens. And they are not coming from a war-torn country. Yet they bring their anchor babies as well as continuing to have babies here in the U.S. Moreover, this has been going on for YEARS and though I do not support Donald Trump, he is the FIRST POTUS that is attempting to stem the tide. Other POTUS talked the talk, but did not walk the walk. But I do agree with you that if you cannot afford to take care of kids, wait until you can.
Geez, this was fifty years ago...looks like it could be today. :(
😔😔😔😔
Susie Myerson uhhh NO.....🙄
No I don’t know any place in America like that. Not in 2020
It definitely does look like today except for the fact that the demographics have changed from black to white and tenements exchanged with trailer parks and decaying opioid epidemic communities
Nope. You are very mistaken. Maybe you should watch the video again.
WE ARE RESILIENT
Poor,, yes. But still some remnants of dignity and decent speech.
Sean Keenan Sean hush. You can barely formulate a complete sentence yourself. 😂
Supachat Supachat 🤣 I think you triggered him
Folks Bell 😂😂😂 The poor thing...
That's non existent today
When she said it gives her time to raise her children, I felt that.
man u just SUB.. This is the best thing i have ever watched . No TV shows, movies or news can top this. Im fixing to enjoy my evenings now watching nothing but these videos.. thank you so much wow
Strongly agree
Lia Johnson 2
Yeah - this is REAL Reality TV.....
This was difficult to watch. When she said "I don't even dream anymore.." ;-(
A Dream Lyfe, By Michelle Carvalho Yup...that was it...
The part when the kids are building their make believe house just grabs your heart.
This is generations of PTSD, extreme poverty, depression and ignorance.
Its what the white man wants . Devoid us of inspiration tbey take away or never give the means to excell or make it 1000 harder for black people. As hard as work we get no recognition or are held back by the system.. what makes you think black people don't wish to achieve..only your ingorance because you think you are better than us. When infact we are all human. Born equal but once in the system you think we are still your slave.. just look at the 13th amendment and the constitution. Which is why you arrest us, take away our rights inorder to enslave us all !!!!! Over again. And when thats not effective enough you KILL !!! US IN COLD BOOL. We are sentence twice as harshly, treated with no respect on a traffic stop by your KKK , Slave hunting NYPD officers. And then sentenced by the Judge which is your Klan Leader..
Fontaine Higgins Damn. Reading that made me feel so bad. It’s not white people who cause all those thoughts you have about yourself & the world you exist in, it’s a small group of wicked elites. I pray you get a hold of your mind & find value in yourself, but also in this society so you can be the change you seek. Don’t give up on you. 🙏🏽
As a 63 yr old white woman, I realize what a privileged life I lived compared to these folks. We were barely middle class. Large family with 5 kids but never worried about where my next meal would come from and didn't realize people had to live this way. Learning is better delayed than to have never happened. At 63, I'm trying to educate myself to understand how our country got to where we are now in the summer of 2020. Thank you so much for all of these videos. I'm binge watching. We are never too old to be enlightened. Much love~
That's because your parents worked really hard, and your grandparents worked really hard.
You’re not “privileged” you just have superior genes and IQ.
It takes me so long to
Watch this because I have to keep pausing. It really hurtful and I feel ashamed because I use to be programmed to think black people are just lazy, but it took me to realize that it was a system that was put in place for us to lose.
I had to pause at 1:47 shot of father sleeping on the couch labeled as unemployed. Wow. All the description of black men were negative and sad.
Cardude864 Productions yes I paused and started to watch something else then went back to watch
Yes, but you have the choice to take the free golden ticket or pave your way with all that free education that's offered today. If you know what's happening why are you walking into the fire pit?
Facts they set this up like that.
The dad of the 11 year old is working and the wife is away
14:16 the little boy said he's going to have 2 TVs 1 in the living room and 1 in the kitchen bulit into the wall" 🤔 I think they stole his idea!!!!
Most likely. They don't have a single original idea.
Lil chief......... In the 60,s as a very young boy of 7 i used to tell my parents that oneday we would be able to have a tv on the wall just like a picture frame and move it from room to room as there wouldnt be any wires or cables......and we can have that in the year 2020....im in scotland btw
That's what you call vision..💯
Genius, thinking!
For years, iI would say "I need a tv , less than 4 inches deep, that will hang on the wall like a picture" ......EVERYONE laughed at me. I should have LISTENED to my dammed self ! 😁😁😁
This broke my heart. I pray those children had some form of happiness in life as adults.
Trust me they did it wasnt video game,phones ext but innocence, still respectful. Non of that now😉
I would love to give props to that young lady who had to clean, cook and care for all her siblings!! And she was very smart and well mannered!! I'm hope she grew up to have a great life!!!
better shame her mother to put all of than on her in such a young age!
@@MaruskaStarshaya Amen 🙏
Just imagine if Black Wall Street survived and spread on?!
Whites allow us???
They keep this up we’ll be back in black Wall Street I HOPE
EXACTLY and the thing is it's still alive we are the leading consumer and we are 13% of the country!
Yeah just think if a lot of things wasn't set up to bring people down and put them in these positions. Some people did slip through the cracks but not enough. Yes black people did have to work harder for their dreams. They would learn how and where to adjust then it came out half way decent. Especially if they wasn't on drugs or something. Your point was great!!
It can still survive, just continue to support and buy black
Please forgive my ignorance but for some reason I thought when Black family moved from the south to the north life was better! After watching this short documentary I see otherwise. Thanks for the upload.
Carlicia Wade well things was much worst down south lynchings crosses burned voter intimidation down south was much worst
Not better financially but perhaps they didnt have to worry about being lynched everyday of the week. With that said the entire country was operating under limited jobs, education and blatant housing discrimination/ zoning/ realtor blocking tactics that kept blacks from living in certain areas etc.
Now if this doesn't sound like chronic depression..
@Daughter of Zion lol
@Daughter of Zion you
@Daughter of Zion LOL 😂
@Daughter of Zion Take your meds 😂
generational depression too
Throughout all the pain and suffering my people have endured and still going through I still love them no matter what..I could never hate my race of people.
I could
I am the age as some of those children would be now. I wonder how many of them made it out of the hood. There for the grace of God...
I would like them to do a updated show on the people that live there and the children the one's that are still alive even in poverty they had love and dignity.
If someone doesn't know what "systemic racism" truly means. . .this documentary explains through the voices of the residents of this Chicago tenement in 1967.
The systemic racism is in the party you vote for. They throw a little welfare at black people for the VOTE. Then laugh behind closed doors. It's heartbreaking.
LBJ, one of the most racist presidents ever, said: I'll have those N****** voting democrat for the next 200 years.
He was a sick man. Evil. Stop voting for the racist Democrats and join the rest of us who don't laugh behind your back.
ABSOLUTELY!
@@TheBandit7613 LBJ was NOT one of the most racist presidents ever, that's absolutely hilarious to say that when many presidents owned slaves. He was racist though, as most have been, but he still did more for black people than most presidents.
@@TheBandit7613 The Republicans haven't done much for us either! So excuse tf out of us for having to choose between the lesser of two evils!! 🙄
@@TellMeHaveYouCina I agree. The dems keep black people in bondage and the repubs have put a lot in Jail.
Trump is a jerk, we all know that. But, he has quietly done a lot of good things for our black Americans. I refuse to say "African American"
because black people belong here every bit as much as white people. They are just as American as white people, maybe even more. Blacks have been here from the very beginning of the country. 300+ years. Many whites didn't arrive here till the late 1800's. You might say, many black people have seniority!
Stay safe and be well.
That poor little girl had to take care of all her siblings
They're fortunate that CPS didn't step in
That was a boy.
jeanettesdaughter at 5:26 ? I believe that’s a girl
that is normal
jasmine hill Why would they do that? The children weren’t abuse or neglect it was a poor situation the black folks were put in coming up from down south
This was filmed 100 years post slavery it looks like our people had just barely made it off the plantation.
Denise Harris Wow. I hadn’t even thought of it like that but you are 100% right! Smh. Sad.
No sht its complete bullshit
1967 wasn't 100 years old More like 50🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
...they weren't paid their reparations OR treated fairly so they WERE "barely off the plantation"
Bruse Lhee you do know that there’s a way to correct and educate someone without insulting them. Simple gestures like that make you appear much more educated. Or at least have some sort of emotional maturity
"The poor pay more"... this film really highlighted the other side of great migration that is rarely discussed in school...the lack of family and community that occured with black urbanization... I dont like what Im seeing and Im curious about the purpose and the creators of this production. But I can appreciate the stories of the individuals and families.
Re your curiosity about the purpose of the documentary; I had the same thought. It's like watching a living, breathing copy of the Moynihan report. People will see what they want to see. Some of those depicted are just plain wrong i.e. parent of the child who is taking care of all of her siblings, and those who have their kids out at all hours of the night. Others seem to be doing the very best they can, with what they have; i.e. the mother who prays with her children. Florida Evans?
All poor people pay more.
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Aleah C Welfare is the most to blame.
RIICE BEAR no the circumstances that causes people to need welfare (lack of decent jobs and schooling) is the problem.
It’s striking to see the extent of single motherhood even then among blacks.
The man still leaving the woman with all the children sad still going on today!!!
Smh,bm have been leaving their children forever. It's frankly pathetic.
Deadbeat dads come in all colors.
They were not allowed to remain in the home if the family needed welfare. Systemic racism hun.
You mean women leave fathers over welfare benefits and section 8
Ever thought of asking why those men left? Perhaps the women chose the welfare system over their men - and thus the system requires that no man be in the home in order to receive those benefits.
Fifteen years ago , nice lawn, nice inside, nice walls, nice mailboxes, a beautiful place until 1962.
Yes I do see the issues but, I also see strength and humility and that makes me proud and love them all. No matter what we go through we keep putting on foot in front of the other. Glory be to the Most HIGH!
Yes Lord.
"It's the same old song..." Four Tops
I've recently moved to Chicago from South Africa. I live in the very privileged side with a white 'Jewish' family. And it's 2019and the segregation is still real it angers me to see people of color still struggling almost 50years late. The weird thing is I can relate to this so much because even in Africa being colonized by the white man our people went through and are still going through the same thing. The reality is this system has been created for the white man.
You are not a proper South African and clearly don't have a grasp of reality
White people will never admit this, they just use that victim mentality terminology to cover up their privilege
“The seal and the constitution, reflects the thinking of the founding fathers that this was to be a nation by white people, and for white people. Native Americans, Blacks, and all other non-white people, were to be the burden bearers for the real citizens of this nation.” -Luis Farrakhan
@@nightcoder2633 - please name ONE successful black majority country. African Americans are the richest blacks on the planet thanks to the structures in place in US society. I can't think of one major contribution africans have made to human development since ancient Egypt
James Corbett u do realize Africans and African Americans have basically been pillaged same as native Americans and many other peoples of the world the reason u see no majority African country is because intentionally and progressively designed this way your literally on UA-cam I can easily find all of this factual information
Robyn Ventura I am from Cape Town and live in London now. It opened my eyes to racism and how black lives have been affected by racism and white supremacy in South Africa. People who have been oppressed generally believe that they have been told all their lives. So they live in poverty from one generation to another not daring to dream that they deserve more. Racism in South Africa ruined the lives of generations and will continue to ruin lives for many generations to come. May God have mercy on their souls for what they have done.
I can see the dignity in these people. Shame on you America!
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Let's distribute that shame evenly, starting with how Black people tore those beautiful building to pieces after they where allowed to move in. By the mid 60's I know for a fact that those building had been a priceless work of art with finishing trimming that was engraved over the archways. Black people went through the walls wit filth. It was a shame on our part. That's the first blame. Now blame anybody else that you may.
Granny G
When they filmed this documentary the buildings were at least 65 years old...
With so much traffic over those years, any building would need an upgrade.
If you were listening, they stated the building was nice until mgmnt changed and failed to maintain it. You can't have 43 people living in your building and fail to maintain it, unless you don't care to have a slum. Slumlord@@GeorgetteBu
@@GeorgetteBu "If something is the cause it takes all the blame." Unknown
Damn...this is so heartbreaking when you just feel like you come to place where you think it’s better opportunities and you still have no hope.
EDUCATION !!!!
Quiet of few of the saints of my church grew up in poor households like this. Glad to say, they all made it out of that situation, thanks to the Grace of God, as the years went on. Now, they all are affluent as the pastor was a strong advocate for education and walking in dignity and God’s grace. Praise God!!!!!
Unfortunately not all neighborhoods had good spiritual leaders such as the ones you mention. And that's exactly what these neighborhoods needed most.
This explains a lot.
I can’t even like this documentary this is heartbreaking😢 I hope her prayers were answered.
I can’t agree more
Oh, those McDonald's fries back in the 60's and 70's before the oil was changed.
I say the same thing about the nuggets
People frown upon Mickey D's today and I understand why but McDonald's fed alot of families and still do... u just can't go there as much!
@@toshatalks8544 "Fed"? More like "served cheap, unhealthy food to people who don't know any better.
It amazes me how growing up in Chicago during the 90's, we would ride in this area and it looked the same as it does in this documentary. Yet somehow someone would always say, this area used to be so nice back in the day. Now I wonder what day were they talking about because clearly this wasn't it!
lol!!!
The woman at the beginning said the building was nice at one point. I suspect the landlords neglected to keep up maintenance and just collected money from them. Era of "urban renewal". It reminds me of the Pruitt-Igoe development, which had a similar story and also has a documentary.
@@Heyu7her3 I honestly believe she meant "new" instead of nice. Part of the responsibility on keeping a dwelling looking decent falls upon the tenants. It's hard to keep any place nice when the tenants have several children and little to no resources.
I live in this area now & it’s so much better but also has been gentrified. All the projects are gone with new developments throughout the neighborhood.
Lol
Thank u for showing these documentaries on are black history 🙏🏽
I see why my parent's worked so hard for, love your work keep educating brother
This is BEYOND sad. I was 3 in 1967. This is within my lifetime. Wonder where some of these children r today?
I was just being born in May 1967 at Duval Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida! I lived in Peoria, Illinois from 1985 to 1999 though! 🙌🙌🙌🙌
reelblack Thank you for uploading this informative film. I will definitely explore more.
Remember America this wasn’t to long ago
I’m white. My grandparents both died in eastern KY when my mother was 10. She had 5 siblings, one of which had to finish raising her. My grandfather was a coal miner and died because of it. My mother died from basic illness. Poverty is not unique to black people so please don’t only see it that way.
We have the shortest attention spans
This is the saddest documentary!
Thank you, I mean that sincerely, for uploading this on UA-cam for all of us to enjoy and learn from.
This touched my heart and I wonder how those people made out. Sadly there are still so many people who have these exact experiences in 2020. Deeply moving.
The kids in the documentary became the adults of the 80’s n 90’s when drugs n guns came into the community. They received the same lack of hope n dreams mentality their parents had. And their grandparents were slaves. I would like to see the grandkids of these family now. They are the ones dying in Chicago by design
crazytube25 wouldn't you call that genocide? read aloud what you wrote, do you're saying.
that after slavery black people were moved to housing built by the government on top of landfills because nobody wanted to hire it live around the same people who worked in the fields so now they're on drugs and kill each other..
crazytube25 they became adults of the 70s if they were kids in the 60s he say the year was 1966 today's date they should be at least 50 give or take a year or so kids born in the 80s would be in they 30s kids born in the 90s should be around in they 20s & even younger they the similac & enfamil milk drinker of that experiment
definitely by design
crazytube 25 - Their grandparents were NOT slaves. By the time these kids were born there had already been 4 generations since anyone was a slave in the US. So their great great great grandparents may have been slaves. Whatever the issues that black people have now it certainly cannot be blamed on slavery. Now it's been 6 generations! The ancestors these kids had who were slaves would probably tell them to grow the hell up because they have no idea what a hard life is.
crazytube25 you definitely do not know what you're talking about..
This was a good, but kind of sad documentary. I pray over all their lives, that they are well and prospering. That man who lived in the basement kept a nice smile on his face. Even with trying to sleep with the teenagers outside playing music, he kept that smile on his face. Nobody is going to steal his joy.
I was glad the mama who rose at 4:30, and started her day praying found a nice place. I loved how she was a prayerful woman, prayed over meals, and even said a nightly prayer with her kids. She's a blessed woman.
Thank you for sharing. ✌🏽❤🙏🏻
Look how very nice the little kids are 😍🌱
Respectful
Tough times. God bless the teachers trying to make it better.
Black people still found some happiness in those days...we were more united and happy then despite being poor, because we had "each other". We still cellebrated, worshiped God, and developed creative ways to entertain each other.
What dont break you..will only make you stronger. I love my black people!!!
UK was like this-for black n whites,as majority, until late 70s. Is it in news?No. I lived it.
All blacks did not live like that. They were living under slum lords.
Black, not blacks.
The well-to-do blacks lived in the big houses in South Shore.
We all know that. No one should have lived like that
Even the ones living under slumlords wash their clothes cook what food they could to care of their children stayed out of trouble it just that they got a bad deal from day one when they moved from the south to the north being deceived thinking that moving North would be better
I was born and lived with my mom/dad grandmother and neighbors who were like family on the Westside of Chicago 16th Trumbull in 1966.This is so enlightening to see how far things have come and what it was like for some in 1967 a small glimpse.
Damn. This was really hard to watch. To see so many of these beautiful Black people, MY people, lost and without hope. Yet they still had so much dignity. I can’t believe this was just 53 years ago. I hope they were able to find some type of happiness in their lives. 💔🙏🏽
Not only in Chicago either!! In New York it was happening as well and to Puerto Rican families as well.
So the slum landlord took their money but couldn't paint or clean the building up,so sad
@@pmg448 - then sold the building to the city who then razed it to make way for the projects. This happened all across America not just Chicago.
Never give up,no matter how it seems. God deliver our people's,Slavery is so deep,Power To The People's!
Never understood why people throw trash in their community or anywhere other than trashcan.
This Disenfranchised guy from VA told me they do it because the US is trash. 🗑️
@@lenaely6146 perhaps, lol.
@Bruse Lhee your comment exhibits America.
@@kel3678 he doesn't need to. America needs to BE a better country.
@@kel3678 and I wrote a long comment about how the turtle island indigenous people were doing great with out America so I trust our men's assessment of what the British people built here.🤷🤭
OUR Kings never had to leave OUR land to dupe, cheat, defraud, oppress and or steal ANYTHING from anyone else.🤷🤷🤷
Y'all racist, entitled incompetence should go to a better country
Some would have you believe that black poverty is due to laziness and “low IQ”. You denied these people the right to hold capital in a capitalist society for five hundred years and then are shocked by there poverty, the poverty you gave them.
Why has every group that has come to America in the last 200 years outdone them?
How come people with the same genetics can come off the plane from Africa and become contributing citizens within a decade?
@@californiaslastgasp6847 There are many black people who were born here who contribute to society. I graduated from high school in 1967. I received a B.S. in Psychology from Roosevelt University, a certificate in Computer Science from DePaul and worked for NorthWestern Railroad as a Programmer/Systems Analyst. Years later I got my M.S. in Psychology and worked for a major consulting company until retirement. It's not that black people don't contribute to society. You and many other white people just don't want to acknowledge it because it makes you feel better to think otherwise. I know many black college graduates including many of my family members. You are totally disregarding black doctors, teachers, attorneys, business owners and the thousands of black people who get up every morning to go their jobs. You apparently would like to concentrate on the other end of the spectrum.
@@radamson1 Systematic racism.
@@sharonwatkins9748 All that education and you’ve never heard of the bell curve?
Damn.. that was a hell of a documentary..same shit.. Different year.. 😑
so sad so many kids raisin kids and so poor god have mercy of all of us amen
This is depressing. I would imagine growing up here made you want to do all you could to escape the cycle
I'm from NYC but I live in Chicago for 20 years, broke, bore, and gangs that is the problem with chicago
This is by far one of the most depressing documentaries I’ve ever watched. I’m so glad I had both working parents in my life. I’ve done the same for my 2 kids.
Kudos to the lady who got up early to pray! This would be a better world if more people were like her. 🙏🏿
Reminds me of a few books I've read like " Native Son" " Manchild in The Promised Land"
That 11 yr old's situation is so sad. She's not getting to be a child. Sadly, as she grows into adulthood, she'll be doing the same thing but with her own kids. My oldest is almost 14 and we wouldn't dare leave her in charge for more than 30 mins. It's not her place. She could do it but it's not right in my eyes.
Amen... thanks for your SERVICE
It looks like Vietnam! I remember living on the Southside of Chicago. It was just like this. This is what happens when you break apart families.
Seems as if once management changed the building went down hill. Management should have continued keeping up the building and holding people accountable no matter the race.
Yes and somebody should have made sure that the people in the building did"nt throw their garbage out the window . And them bad ass kid writing on the walls . My mother would have made me scrub them walls clean and pick that garbage up .
That was all part of the plan.
Slumlord’s took over private properties after white flight.
I was so happy to see the mom and her family move....it was a joyous occasion
I hope that maybe one of you watching this is related to one of these beautiful people. It’s like looking into a time machine. It would be cool to see my grandparents when they were young on video ❤️
I experienced so many different emotions watching this. Don't think I could have taken it had it been an hour long.
He said he just tosses things out of the window because there's nothing else to do. My heart broke.
TV he said built in the wall ..mind you this is
1967
They had that If you had the money It was on the Brady bunch
Damn...ain't much changed.
bsdguy much has changed, it's not like this anymore. It could be better but it's DEFINITELY not like this..!! I ride the train everyday and see hundreds an hundreds of black PPL working, outside I see hundreds of cars driven by black ppl.. if u don't know what to say out of your mouth then please be quite, you're setting us back mentally, to these older days.. smmfh
Not true.
@@fnihp30 Look again....
bsdguy Don’t have to. Born and reared Chicagoan here.
@@fnihp30 Okay, I can't argue with that...thx
And to top things off, had to move in the dead of winter with snow
No white family would've had to endure that!! They would've been provided movers and trucks free of charge to help them with the move. Not no Puerto Ricans or blacks that's for sure!!
@@originaljasonbourne You right. How bout this......it would not have been a thought because no one had that type of option. Family move one another.
In 1966 I lived in Parkway Gardens which was located at 64th and Parkway Avenue which was later changed to Martin Luther jr. King Drive after his death. We lived in Parkway Gardens which went from 64th and King Drive to 65th and King Drive. Parkway Gardens was a middle-class complex where teachers, social workers and blue-collar workers lived. Several of the teachers that taught at Englewood High School also live there. Robert bowling alley and motel on 67th and King Drive The singer Oscar Brown Jr family owned the real estate that managed Parkway Gardens. Oscar Brown Jr came every year and put on a show for the families of Parkway Gardens. I have a very enjoyable childhood and teenage years living on the southside of Chicago. Not everyone that live in Chicago south or west side live in a tenement like what they're speaking of in this video. Last but not least we had the Regal Theater on 47th and King Drive. Where you could see Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, The Temptations, The Four Tops or Tina Turner and James Brown and many more. Smokey Robinson and the Four Tops stayed and Robbins Motel. Some of us kids was in the restaurant at Robert bowling alley across the street from Roberts Motel when Smokey Robinson came in on another occasion we saw the Four Tops at the restaurant. Just saying that everyone did not live like that on the southside of Chicago. I experience a very enjoyable childhood and teenage years. My bad about any grammar or punctuation mistakes I made being a senior citizen. LOL
Educational documentary... all I can say is "REPARATIONS"!!!!!!
Rico Mason
👁👊🏾Yaaassss. The results of why we nee Reparations Now!!!!☑️
The only reparations that should be given, if any, is a one way ticket back to Africa. If anything everyone should be thankful that they are in America compared to what it's like in Africa.
@@laurajuranek2207 Who are you to decide what reparations should be given? Whats your qualifications to decide?
@@rachelw6237 I don't have any qualifications, just like nobody has any qualifications to receive anything. The whole idea is stupid! If that was the case then Germany should pay me some reparations because my family was forced to leave Czechoslovakia to excape the Nazis.
@@laurajuranek2207 I bet you're as ignorant now as you were back then. What a shameful comment.
This a wake up call !
I Thank The Lord for whoever posted this message.
I HOPE some of the yunguns in this documentary made it outta poverty!
Of course some did
@@fitawrarifitness6842 jails institutions or death.
Why did they edit Jack Beckwith at 11:35? When when he answered how much he gets paid.
c320 Jordan I noticed that too....
This is a recent edit, this documentary was also shortened by I believe about a half hour, I don't understand why.
THANK GOD previous generations had the will to survive under these circumstances......it's because of them that future generations evolved. I sincerely pray that the families in this video found some type of prosperity/peace for all of their hard work and beautiful dreams. God bless.
I grew up a couple blocks from this area. Many people in buildings like this ended up moving in the projects, which turned out to be a worse situation. The projects were so bad that the city decided to tear them down 30 years later.
Sankara no they were making to much money and were more organized and peaceful than they ever were money was flowing you know as soon as black people make lemonade out of lemons here they Come
Very interesting upload- respect!!
You should see it today, condos costing 225k
400k
Thanks for the Post and to all who replied...My Two cents I am putting in is~~ We need to Teach each other more than How to Fight Jive and Hustle Because were getting Played Slayed and Layed in the Grave. Heaven is in the Mind and Salvation is Taking care of Your Temple (Body)
In 2019 I do the same thing, I get up early read by Bible (Psalms) and think about The Most High too all day!
😁😁💖🙏🙏
the description says "west side" to be clear this took place on the south side of Chicago. Thanks for the upload.
+taries robinson thank u. Correctrd
reelblack.
T & R Robinson h
"With more education you will get father in life..." - a black father
Levi Langershank answer these questions:
Why are the majority of welfare recipients in the US European Americans (white Americans)?
Why are some European Americans poor even though they too benefit from white supremacy?
Why are Euro-Americans poor if they were never enslaved ?
To answer your question, America's white supremacy and classism problems impacts everyone differently.
Try reading / listening to these books:
When Affirmative Action was white- Ira Katnelson
The souls of Black Folks- W.E. B Dubois
I have such mixed feelings about this, considering current times