Archive Entry Date: 1/1946
The divorce papers of Richard Pryor's parents
Archive Entry Date: 12/28/1943
Three years after he was born, World War II spurred Richard's parents to marry
Archive Entry Date: 1969
Richard raising the spirits of his ailing mother
Archive Entry Date: c. 1945
The Pryor family diversified its operations, becoming proud owners of a tavern in the mid-40s
Archive Entry Date: 1945-1955
Richard struggled to find his way through Peoria's schools
Archive Entry Date: 2/13/1945
A black sergeant, flush with cash, was robbed on N. Washington Street — and Richard's father seems to have been the culprit
Archive Entry Date: 1939
Peoria had a divorce rate nearly twice the US average; a sociologist surveyed Peoria from all angles to discover why
