The Chicago Freedom Movement was the most ambitious civil rights campaign in the Northern United States, lasted from mid-1965 to August 1966, and is largely credited with inspiring the 1968 Fair Housing Act.

Aug 31, 2016 · The Chicago Freedom Movement, the most ambitious civil rights campaign in the northern United States, lasted from mid-1965 to early 1967 and is credited with inspiring the Fair Housing Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968.

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.

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 continues.

Oct 23, 2018 · This advocacy campaign, dubbed “Chicago Freedom Movement,” contributed to the passage of the Fair Housing Act two years later in 1968. On January 26, 1966, Dr. King and his family settled into a run-down apartment on the west side of Chicago.

Together with the CCCO, the SCLC began the Chicago Freedom Movement. SCLC staffers, with James Bevel and other Chicago civil rights activists, began organizing in Chicago’s West Side. At this time the West Side was an incredibly poor and intensely racially segregated area.

Aug 5, 2014 · When the civil rights movement moved north to Chicago in the mid-1960s, a priest named Bernard Kleina felt compelled to get involved. The Chicago Freedom Movement, led in part by Martin...

From 1965 until early 1967, when the civil rights movement made a significant thrust into the North, activists especially turned their attention toward Chicago. For a detailed account of the Chicago Campaign, consult this timeline.

Jan 18, 2002 · By bringing the freedom struggle to Chicago, where the Democratic Party machine was closely linked to the national party and the White House of President Lyndon Johnson, the movement raised the...

Feb 23, 2017 · The people of Chicago played an important role in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s, with the Chicago Freedom Movement led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) often cited as a key force leading to the 1968 Fair Housing Act.