Touring South Shore: High schools and heavyweights

The Nation of Islam’s presence in South Shore has been so significant that, as a child, Jeff Heilbrunn’s wife played around with the Fruit of Islam standing guard across the street from her house, and with their most famous visitor, Muhammad Ali. In this final video from our South Shore tour, Jeff and I pass by the Nation of Islam’s national center, Mosque Maryam on Stony Island Avenue, after checking out three iterations of his alma mater, South Shore High School.

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