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90<a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/era/1919-1941/">1919–1941: “Roarin’ Peoria”</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-269"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/era/1942-1945/">1942–1945: WWII Comes to Peoria</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-274"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/era/1946-1952/">1946–1952: Reformers on the March</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-1810"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/era/1953-1962/">1953–1962: All-American City</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-278"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/era/1963-1969/">1963–1969: Civil Rights Hits Peoria</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-284"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/era/1970s-beyond/">1970s & Beyond: “Pryor’s Peoria” After Pryor</a></li></ul></li><li class="page_item page-item-97 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/theme/">Themes</a><ul class='children'><li class="page_item page-item-125"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/theme/family-affairs/">Family Affairs</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-129"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/theme/making-of-a-comic/">The Making of a Comic</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-133"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/theme/schooled/">Schooled</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-137"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/theme/segregation/">Segregation and Desegregation</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-100"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/theme/sin-city/">Sin City</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-141"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/theme/reform-this-town/">Reform This Town!</a></li></ul></li><li class="page_item page-item-2 page_item_has_children"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/">More</a><ul class='children'><li class="page_item page-item-61"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/home/search-tags/">Search Tags</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-779"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/home/about-richard-pryor/">About Richard Pryor</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-6"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/home/about-the-book/">About the Book</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-8"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/home/about/">About the Site</a></li><li class="page_item page-item-6634"><a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/home/contact-the-author/">Contact the Author</a></li></ul></li></ul></div><div class="clear"> 91</div> 92</div> 93<div class="menu-page-body post-57 page type-page status-publish hentry" id="post-57"> 94<div id="menu-page-left"> 95<ul class="gallery do-not-print group"> 96 <!--changed post parent from '690' to php echo the_theID()--> <li> 97 <a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/era/1919-1941/"><img src="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/assets/1930s-192x234.png" title="1919–1941: “Roarin’ Peoria”" alt="1919–1941: “Roarin’ Peoria”" /></a> <a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/era/1919-1941/"> 98 <h3 class="menu-page">1919–1941: “Roarin’ Peoria”</h3> 99 <p class="menu-page">During Prohibition and after, Peoria became known as a town whose motto was âSin Is Here To Stayâ.</p></a> 100 </li> 101 <li> 102 <a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/era/1942-1945/"><img src="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/assets/wwii-era-category-image.png" title="1942–1945: WWII Comes to Peoria" alt="1942–1945: WWII Comes to Peoria" /></a> <a href="https://www.becomingrichardpryor.com/pryors-peoria/era/1942-1945/"> 103 <h3 class="menu-page">1942–1945: WWII Comes to Peoria</h3> 104 <p class="menu-page">During WWII, Peoria became a city divided â between those who profited from organized vice and those who wished to stamp it out.</p></a> 105 </li> 106 <li>
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