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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


James Bevel James Bevel was the charismatic Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) field general who organized and led many of the actions of the Chicago Freedom Movement. Born in Mississippi in 1936, Bevel came to the civil rights movement after training to be a minister at the American Baptist Seminary and a brief stint in the Army. Bevel first learned of the potential of non-violent direct action in the Nashville sit-in movement of 1960. During that year, he became one of the charter members of the Stude .....
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Andrew Rossmeissl @ Fri, 2005-01-28 02:23

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In late November, Edward Holmgren was appointed the executive director of the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, the new organization created by the Summit Agreement to advance the cause of equal opportunity in housing.

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