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Markham, IL: Jules St. Clair, Inc. / "Mod Black", 1972. First edition. Stiff Wrappers. Fine. 8vo, 125 pages + Index, Harold Austin was from the British West Indies, but was educated in Los Angeles and Chicago. Here are his observations about Chicago, as an immigrant Negro. "Any poor individual who undertakes to reside in Chicago is on a collision course with death. But any individual of African descent is gambling with loaded dice living in Chicago. Such an individual's chances of escaping a violent death is one in ten, all odds against him or her - Preface."