1969 AND THEIR DIRECT DESCENDENTS RECEIVED PRIORITY FOR ELIGIBILITY.

>>> THE NORTH SHORE SUBURBS HAVE ALMOST ALL BEEN PREDOMINANTLY WHITE FROM THE START.

BUT, THE TOWN OF GLENCOE WAS AN EXCEPTION AND IN THE EARLIEST DAYS, 10% OF THE POPULATION WAS BLACK.

TODAY, HOWEVER THAT, PROPORTION STANDS AT 1%.

IN THE EXHIBITION, GLEN HELLO,'S BLACK HERITAGE, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXPLORES THE TOWN'S BEGINNINGS AS AN UNUSUALLY INTEGRATED COMMUNITY AND LOOKS AT HOW HOW THE BLACK MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE PUSHED OUT.

>> THE RESEARCH FOR THIS STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO BEFORE THE COMMUNITIES 150th ANNIVERSARY WHEN WE DECIDED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BLACK HISTORY.

BUT THE TRUE GENESIS WAS WHEN ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS BASICALLY ASKED THE QUESTION OF WHY DID BLACK PEOPLE COME TO GLENCOE?

WE HAVE NOT HAD A BLACK POPULATION SINCE THE 1880s AND ON THE NORTH SHORE THAT'S UNIQUE.

>> MY FAMILY MOVED HERE 1952.

BUT IT WAS ALWAYS CURIOUS TO ME HOW WE WERE IN ONE SECTION.

AND THERE WERE MORE BLACK PEOPLE HERE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP THAN THERE WERE NOW.

>> THE EARLY HISTORY SHOWED A VERY COHESIVE COMMUNITY.

IT SHOWED THE GLENCOE COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER.

AND WE KNEW AFTER WORLD WAR I, THINGS CHANGED.

THINGS CHANGED NATIONALLY, BUT THEY ALSO CHANGED LOCALLY.

AND WE WANTED TO KNOW WHY.

AND THAT WAS A PART OF GLENCOE HISTORY THAT OFTEN HAD BEEN GLOSSED OVER BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT THE DARK SIDE.

SO WE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON THAT AND MORE RECENTLY HAVE TRIED TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHY THE BLACK POPULATION DECREASED DRAMATICALLY BETWEEN 1920 AND 1930.

A WHY THERE ARE NOT MORE BLACKS IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY.

>> WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHERE I GREW UP, IT WAS SAFE, VERY EASY FOR US TO WALK AROUND THE COMMUNITY AS KIDS.

WE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES IN THAT REGARD.

BUT WHEN I THINK OF WHAT WAS THERE, AND THAT'S A LOSS THAT WILL NEVER GAIN BACK.

IT'S SAD TO KNOW THE TRUE HISTORY.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF GLENCOE EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT ALL HAVE BEEN THE BEST.

IT'S THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE HAVE.

WE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS BY LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITY AND LEARNING ABOUT WHAT WORKED IN THE EARLY COMMUNITY AND MADE US A REALLY COHESIVE COMMUNITY, AND ALSO WHAT CAUSED DIVISIONS LATER ON.

AND I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT LESSONS TO BE LEARNED.

>> LORD, I NEVER KNEW THAT WHERE MY -- WHEN MY DAD MOVED US TO GLENCOE WHAT MY LIFE WOULD TURN OUT TO BE.

AND TO BE STANDING HERE IN THE GLENCOE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, TALKING ABOUT HOW PEOPLE CAME HERE IS