This photo was taken from a helicopter in 2012 looking north toward downtown. The Dan Ryan Expressway splits Chicago’s South Side in two. / Photo by Bill Healy

A group of men in Englewood sit in the shade to avoid the summertime heat. Harold’s Fried Chicken Shack is a popular fast-food chain. / Photo by Bill Healy

A liquor store sits on West 95th Street, just east of the Dan Ryan Expressway. / Photo by Bill Healy

Ornate greystone buildings are common in the city’s Bronzeville neighborhood, like these on South Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. / Photo by Bill Healy

Bill Ball has owned Abundance Bakery in Bronzeville for a quarter-century. The bakery is on 47th Street on a stretch also known as Tobacco Road. / Photo by Bill Healy

Me, my husband and three stepdaughters. In 2014 we moved to integrated Hyde Park on the South Side. / Photo courtesy of Natalie Y. Moore

A group of girls walk in Englewood. This building is across the street from one of fifty Chicago Public Schools that closed in 2013. / Photo by Bill Healy

Kimberly Henderson is principal at Irvin C. Mollison Elementary School in Bronzeville. / Photo by Bill Healy

My childhood Chatham home. / Photo by Bill Healy

The author and her grandparents at her eighth-grade graduation. /Photo courtesy of Natalie Y. Moore

My family in 1998 in the Beverly/Morgan Park home. / Photo © Dot Ward

Me; my grandfather, Joseph E. Moore Sr.; and brother Joey. /Photo courtesy of Natalie Y. Moore

Both sets of my grandparents with my parents on their wedding day in 1974 at Chicago City Hall. / Photo courtesy of Natalie Y. Moore

A typical block club sign in black Chicago neighborhoods. / Photo by Bill Healy

Children hold hands and form a circle in a Chicago park in 1941. This photo was taken as part of a project by the federal government to document life in the United States. / Photo by Edwin Rosskam

Dancers in the 2015 annual Bud Billiken back-to-school parade in the Bronzeville neighborhood. / Photo by Syd Falls