‘We had no idea we would see history repeat itself’: Chicago Freedom Movement exhibit highlights parallels to racial justice protests in 2020 ...

King wanted fair housing in Chicago; Daley wanted the black leader’s nonviolent demonstrations to end, as the hatred displayed by southwest-side whites was tarnishing the city’s image.

Martin Luther King Jr. fought racism and housing discrimination during the Chicago Freedom Movement. With member station WBEZ, Michel Martin explores the movement's impact 50 years later.

Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went north, leading the Chicago Freedom Movement. Bernard Kleina and his camera were there, too — and the former priest walks NPR through his color ...

Bernard Kleina took rare color photographs of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Chicago Freedom Movement. Collection of the National Museum of African American History & Culture, Gift of Bernard J ...

50 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr., took his fight for civil rights to the north. The Chicago Freedom Movement was a push for open housing and an end to Chicago slums.

The summer of 1966, when the Chicago Freedom Movement kicked into high gear, will long be remembered as the time of civil rights marches into hostile ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 10, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...

In early 1966, King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference announced plans for the Chicago Freedom Movement, an expansion of their civil rights campaign..

Thomas discussed King’s partnership with Chicago teacher and activist Al Raby, who together formed the Chicago Freedom Movement in 1965 to advocate for fair housing in Black communities.

I'm in Chicago, leading a discussion that reflects on King's time in the city. The conversation features community members who experienced the the Chicago Freedom Movement firsthand, and a new ...

Martin Luther King Jr.'s hoped to combat racism and housing discrimination during the Chicago Freedom Movement. But fifty years later, did the movement have the impact he hoped it would?