{"product_id":"a-decade-to-remember","title":"A Decade to Remember","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor just over ten years, the men of the Norshore Twelve Social and Civic Club sponsored the annual Debutante Cotillion Ball, patterned after a long-standing tradition of Black cotillions across the country. The anticipated event took nearly a year to organize, while prospective debutantes participated in cultural field trips, etiquette lessons, fundraising activities, dress fittings, choreography lessons, and their required acceptance into a college or university. The summer cotillion would, at its height, attract more than one thousand people to downtown ChicagoÕs Sherman House Grand Ballroom.\u003cbr\u003e\nA Decade to Remember captures the inspiration that went into planning and hosting the debutante ball between 1960 and 1971, during which time a total of 160 young women took their bows. ÒThe warmest feeling was that my family participated in the entire process,Ó Sarah Ashmore Diggs, a 1969 debutante, reflected. ÒThe whole community supported us.Ó\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44260892901537,"sku":"9781946717078","price":51.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/dyr7deg-front-shortedge-384_473fe372-a062-4326-a973-bb9ff3a69694.jpg?v=1718398139","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/a-decade-to-remember","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}