Documents Tagged ‘diamond lil’
Miss Diamond Lil’
Archive Entry Date: 2/2011
An account of the rise and fall of Diamond Lil', a well-connected black madam in 1920s and 1930s Peoria
A cruise on Adams was a Walk on the Wild Side
Archive Entry Date: 3/26/2001
Peoria's red light districts were once the playground of teenage boys
Play in Peoria Not Like in Old Days
Archive Entry Date: 11/2/1980
An AP reporter's survey of a century of prostitution in Peoria
“Diamond Lil” Found In Cell; Keeps Silence
Archive Entry Date: 12/27/1931
Diamond Lil, a black madam in Peoria, was squeezed by the DA but refused to name names
