Six months after the Selma to Montgomery marches and just weeks after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965; a group from Martin Luther King Jr.'s staff arrived in Chicago; eager to apply his nonviolent approach to social change in a northern city. Once there; King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) joined the locally based Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO) to form the Chicago Freedom Movement. The open housing demonstrations they organized eventually resulted in a controversial agreement with Mayor Richard J. Daley and other city leaders; the fallout of which has historically led some to conclude that the movement was largely ineffective.In this important volume; an eminent team of scholars and activists offer an alternative assessment of the Chicago Freedom Movement's impact on race relations and social justice; both in the city and across the nation. Building upon recent works; the contributors reexamine the movement and illuminate its lasting contributions in order to challenge conventional perceptions that have underestimated its impressive legacy.
#4334599 in Books Univ Pr of Kentucky 1993-10Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.50 x 6.25 x 1.00l; #File Name: 0813118514276 pages
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