Race, segregation and violence: Views from one block in
Englewood  June 25, 2012  Download Story (Robert Wildeboer/WBEZ)
The Alexander family used to live in this house on 68th
Place.They moved away after two of their sons were murdered. A
third son was murdered in the neighborhood in January this year.
Davinia Davis loves the small '60s-era bungalow she rents in
Englewood.  “It's nice.  It's cozy, it's homey, it's just big
enough,” she says. She laughs as she proclaims herself a
homebody.  Davis grew up in Englewood and she’s comfortable
there, but she seems to be working hard to convince herself that
it’s not a violent neighborhood.  She says her block isn’t so
bad compared to other parts of Englewood, but as we talk in her
front yard at 5 in the afternoon, someone around the corner
fires off eight rounds.  “Okay,” Davis says, part confused, part
scolding and part exasperated. “Those are shots, just to let you
know. Those are shots.”  Kids are playing in the streets and one
shouts “gunshots,” but then the