What was the Chicago Freedom Movement? The answer to this question is more complex than it first appears. Most visibly, the Chicago Freedom Movement was the organizational collaboration between Martin ...

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.

The Chicago freedom movement at 40 by Harold Henderson August 25, 2006 August 19, 2021. Share this: Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) ... Chicago, and the Civil Rights Movement.

Others counter that it was not a failure, because it inspired the passage of the 1968 Fair Housing Act. “If out of [the Chicago Freedom Movement] came a fair housing bill, just as we got a public ...

The Chicago Freedom Movement was one of the major forces that led to the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act in 1968, though this was not the only impact of the campaign. There are many lessons ...

“In Focus: The Chicago Freedom Movement and the Fight for Fair Housing,” runs through June 20 at the Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 Cottage Hill Ave.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: A few minutes ago, we talked about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Chicago Freedom Movement. Well, earlier this week, we were in Chicago for an event commemorating the ...

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 ...

The Chicago Freedom Movement, led in part by Martin Luther King Jr., protested unfair housing policies. Kleina, who was 30 years old at the time, decided to remove his collar, pick up his camera ...

LIVE AT 8 PM EASTERN: In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Chicago with a mission to expand the Civil Rights Movement from the South to the North. King led what became known as the Chicago ...

See some of WBEZ’s 50th anniversary coverage of the Chicago Freedom Movement here.. You can tune in to the live event on this page or via NPR Extra on Facebook.. We will also be taking the ...