Winnie Wright, Age 11
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Directed by Suzanne Davenport • Documentary • 1974 • 26 minutes
Winnie, the daughter of a steel worker and a teacher lives in Gage Park, a Chicago neighborhood that is changing from white to black. Her family struggles with racism, inflation and a threatened strike, as Winnie learns what it means to grow up white, working class, and female.
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