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Posted inForest Park History

The fifth child of the first Black Maywood family

by Jill Wagner November 15, 2022November 15, 2022

Here is Myrtle Hurst’s senior class photo and quote from the 1923 Provi, the Proviso High School yearbook. Myrtle was the fifth child of Iva Van Hurst and Amanda Ema Croucher, the first Black family in Maywood. Jill Wagner

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Discovering Myrtle Hurst in the pages of Provi

by Jill Wagner November 15, 2022November 15, 2022

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