About the Author
Kyle Stanford Cramer was born and raised in Chicago Illinois during the height of the Civil Rights movement in the United States. During early childhood and adolescence, he lived in the Ida B. Wells housing project on Chicago’s south side. In the late 1960s, his family moved to Chicago’s South Shore community where Kyle experienced “White Flight” firsthand, and witnessed a community immediately changing from White to Black. Kyle attended South Shore High School, and against the odds, went on to Northern Illinois University (NIU) where he earned a Bachelor’s degree while living in an interracial environment for the first time. Upon graduating NIU, Kyle began a career that exposed him to a world of comfort, affluence and privilege known to too few African Americans. Kyle later obtained a Masters degree from Northwestern University. Kyle has always been infected and intrigued with the plight of African Americans, and when not working or spending time with his family, he is passionate about discussing, reading and writing about the topic. He lives on Chicago’s North Shore with his wife and two sons.