Documents Tagged ‘North Washington Street’
Barren Land in Southtown Teemed With Brothels
Archive Entry Date: 10/3/1993
Did the lives of prostitutes change for the worse with reform?
Joe Eagle Indicted on Lie Charges
Archive Entry Date: 7/2/1954
Joe Eagle, a fellow N. Washington St. brothel owner, was charged with perjury and tax evasion
State to Clear 14 Buildings Here
Archive Entry Date: 7/9/1953
Richard Pryor's childhood home was demolished to make way for the Murray Baker Bridge
John Clark Discovers Negroes Now Talking
Archive Entry Date: 10/11/1952
A reporter dropped into Bris Collins's tavern to take black America's pulse — and met Richard's “Uncle Dickie”
Fayette-Jackson Is Area for New Span
Archive Entry Date: 7/26/1951
The Murray Baker Bridge was over fifteen years in the making
LeRoy Pryor Indicted by Grand Jury
Archive Entry Date: 3/1945
A Peoria grand jury indicted LeRoy Pryor for robbing a black soldier
Ellis Sergeant Slugged, Robbed
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