The NFL's first Black head coach, Illinois's first Black licensed nurse, Northwestern's first Black woman graduate - they all were part of one extraordinary family:
Likely Naomi Pollard; John and Amanda Pollard; Luther Pollard. Images: Courtesy Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society
John and Amanda Pollard bought the home at 1928 W. Lunt Avenue in 1911, 33 years after Rogers Park was incorporated as a village and eighteen years after it was annexed by the city of Chicago. They had come to the village in the 1880s after meeting in Mexico, Missouri, moving north with their three children to escape the restrictive racial environment of the South, according toJohn and Amanda Pollard purchased the home at 1928 W. Lunt Avenue in 1911, and their family lived there for decades.
Their brother Luther also eventually held an office in the location of John’s barbershop, RPWRHS believes. Early on, he worked as a producer and director for the white-owned, which operated in Logan Square and produced “race films,” primarily for and by African Americans. Luther employed his brother Franklin as an actor in several silent films.
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