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Andrew Rossmeissl @ Tue, 2005-01-18 03:14

In 1965, the country’s most effective civil rights leaders joined forces in Chicago to attempt the first civil rights campaign in a large Northern city. Focusing on open housing, the movement enlisted thousands of people to march through Chicago’s streets and into its real estate offices. This site chronicles the people, organizations, and events that formed the movement, and brings together a vast collection of movement material. 2006 Commemoration · Historical overview · Timeline · More →

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Andrew Rossmeissl @ Fri, 2005-01-28 02:25


Al Raby Albert Raby was a Chicago public school teacher when he became active in the civil rights movement. Soon after, he was at the head of Chicago’s local movement, as convenor of the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO). In this role, he served as the link between the national civil rights movement and local organizations, and had a great impact on the course of the movement. Raby had been born into poverty in Chicago, and dropped out of school in eighth grade. He self-e .....
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The Chicago Freedom Movement sought to find a new focus with the conclusion of the open-housing marches. This goal proved elusive. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other civil rights leaders were concerned that the local government officials and agencies were not actively working on the mandates of the Summit Agreement.

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