Elmer Street:The North Side
In 1950 twenty African American families formed a Co-Op to build homes in the city of South Bend Indiana.
Shrouded in secrecy they challenged the systems of racism they thought they had left behind in the South, until they met Jim Crow in the North. 
This is the story of the families of ‘Elmer Street: The North Side.
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“Elmer Street: The North Side.” This is the 1950's era story of a group of African-Americans in the city of South Bend, Indiana. The group formed a co-op, shrouded in secrecy, challenging the Jim Crow of the North to fulfill their dreams of owning homes. The podcast was based in part on the book “Better Homes of South Bend: An American Story of Courage” by biographer, historian, academic and author Gabrielle Robinson.

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