The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham
48m
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Historical Happy Hour
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Debut author Avery Cunningham joins Jane Healey to talk about her new book, The Mayor of Maxwell Street. This tells the story of an ambitious Black debutante and aspiring journalist enlists the help of a low-level speakeasy manager to identify the head of an underground crime syndicate in the dangerous world of Prohibition-era Chicago.
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