In 1965, Al Raby brought Martin Luther King Jr. to Chicago
1 day ago · Civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. plays pool with his "best stick" in a match with Chicago civil rights leader Al Raby while on an anti-slum campaign on Feb. 17, 1966.
Here Are 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Events You Can Check Out In Chicago
5 days ago · MLK Day events at the Chicago History Museum include a film screening in the museum’s historic auditorium. Credit: Provided/Chicago History Museum Martin Luther King Jr. Day Family Event at the Chicago History Museum . 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday, Jan. 20. Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St.
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1 day ago · A crowd gathers outside the new Chicago apartment rented by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta, at 1550 S. Hamlin Ave. in Chicago on Jan. 26, 1966. King moved into the apartment ...
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On 7 January 1966, Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) announced plans for the Chicago Freedom Movement, a campaign that marked the expansion of their civil rights activities from the South to northern cities.
Chicago Freedom Movement - Wikipedia
The Chicago Freedom Movement, also known as the Chicago open housing movement, was led by Martin Luther King Jr., James Bevel [1] [2] and Al Raby. It was supported by the Chicago-based Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1966 Chicago Campaign
Jul 25, 2016 · In August 1966, the Chicago Freedom Movement, Martin Luther King’s campaign to break the grip of segregation, reached its violent culmination. Fifty years on, the struggle …
Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy in Chicago: "to fight on, against all ...
3 days ago · TikTok historian Shermann Dilla Thomas leads a bus tour of Martin Luther King sites on the West Side of Chicago Jan. 13. To the right, a WTTW camera captures him for a later program, to the left ...
MLK commemoration spotlights Chicago housing and segregation
Jan 6, 2025 · The annual Northwestern celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King leans into Chicago’s history and ongoing efforts to reverse the harms of housing segregation.
Chapter 28: Chicago Campaign - The Martin Luther King, Jr., …
Our primary objective was to bring about the unconditional surrender of forces dedicated to the creation and maintenance of slums and ultimately to make slums a moral and financial liability upon the whole community.
Martin Luther King, Jr., in Chicago - Encyclopedia of Chicago
During the first decade of his public career, Martin Luther King often visited Chicago to build support for the black freedom struggle. But in the summer of 1965, the nature of King's connection to Chicago changed.