![Once a year, these boxes contain a two-dollar birthday check from your grandmother. Once a year, these boxes contain a two-dollar birthday check from your grandmother.](http://whimquarterly.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Mailboxes-e1289223383422-170x170.jpg)
Whim contributor Greg Volk digs through the archives of his great-grandfather and discovers his ancestor is an outspoken activist for tenants’ rights. Read, if you will, a letter penned by the Jimmy McMillan of the Jazz Age.
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