"Judge" Hightower


(read with cadence) Pork-chop, polish-sausage, hot-dog, hamburger, cheeseburger, double-dog, double-polish, double-chop, double-ham, and double-cheeseburger, triple-dog, triple-polish, triple-porkchop, triple-hamburger and triple-cheeseburger. Head em up; move em out.

"Judge" Hightower, a caller and pencil vendor giving his call, July 1994.


Maxwell Street is a lifesaver. For grassroots people this is our lifeblood. They layin off people. These people can still make a living here. This is a part of Chicago they shouldn't let die. Maxwell Street symbolizes what America is.

"Judge" Hightower, interviewed July 1994


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