Charles LeRoy Lewis - Special Collections - University of Baltimore
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LEWIS:099 fI:2:2:69<br />
the temple on <strong>Charles</strong> Street the lodges had to get down<br />
Haaes: T heard that there was some reasons why Gus didn't<br />
get into Pickering Lodge,<br />
<strong>Lewis</strong>: He didn't get into Pickering Lodge because he was a<br />
Greek. Xing David" haa a lot <strong>of</strong> Greeks in it. Just like<br />
pretty well; today, it's different - they<br />
had even Gentiles in there. temple was Jewish.<br />
and many were German. Same way with - mostly<br />
German descent. In other words, the object was you were<br />
friends and you associated but you go in your lodge and<br />
all. Just like I been over all the town and Pennsylvania<br />
and all. Same way with Gus. But it was nothing in the rules,<br />
it was just an unwritten rule that you went with your own.<br />
Just like today; it amuses me with integration. Colored<br />
people like to be among themselves; Jewish people like to<br />
be among themselves - there was never no law on it.<br />
Tommy DtALesandro don't have to live down Little<br />
Italy. He can live anywhere he wants, but a lot <strong>of</strong> them<br />
want to live there. Park Heights Avenue - when the Jews<br />
lived down around L ittle Italy i n Old Town they went out<br />
Park Heights Avenue. Nobpdy run them out there. But<br />
down around Central Avenue, <strong>Baltimore</strong> Street where Little<br />
Italy is now - that was Jewtown. You can read that in<br />
the library; I mean they moved out Park Heights Avenue.<br />
When they went out Park Heights Avenue nobody was bothering<br />
them, but when you got up around the race track
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