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Euclid Avenue

This was the street on which the narrator grew up on the South Side of Chicago.

South Side

This was the side of Chicago in which the narrator grew up, and was also an area that people often associated with crime.

Bryn Mawr Elementary

This was the elementary school that the narrator attended in Chicago.

Whitney M. Young High School

This was the charter school in Chicago that the narrator attended, and where she often wondered if she belonged.

Princeton University

This is where the narrator received a degree in sociology.

Third World Center

This was a center at the narrator's undergraduate university designed to give students of color a space to study and hang out, and where the narrator worked throughout college.

Sidley and Austin

This is where the narrator worked immediately after finishing law school, and where she met her husband.

The Hole

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