Cityhall  july26  1965

Chapter 7: Grant Park to City Hall

In July 1965, the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO) invited Dr. King to lead a demonstration against segregation in education, housing, and employment. Al Raby and King spoke at a dozen rallies, including Grant Park and City Hall, which laid the groundwork for a larger campaign in Chicago.

These images were some of the earliest taken by Bernard Kleina during Dr. King’s time in Chicago. Key figures of the Chicago Freedom Movement appear in these images, such Dr. King, Al Raby, and Ralph Abernathy. City Hall would play an important role in the Movement's first large rally on July 10th, 1966. 

In Focus: The Chicago Freedom Movement & the Fight for Fair Housing exhibition tour
  1. Chapter 1: Chicago in the 1950s/1960s
  2. Jennetta Pegues, National Public Housing Museum, interview
  3. Byron Dickens, National Public Housing Museum, interview
  4. Chapter 2: White Flight
  5. Dorothy Tucker, HistoryMaker interview
  6. Chapter 3: Preventative Practices
  7. Art Minson, HistoryMaker Interview
  8. Chapter 4: Welcome to Elmhurst
  9. Chapter 5: Selma, The Turning Point
  10. Chapter 6: Focusing on the North
  11. Chapter 7: Grant Park to City Hall
  12. Chapter 8: Soldier Field
  13. Chapter 9: Summer of '66 Marches
  14. Chapter 10: Marquette Park
  15. Reverend Evan Clay, HistoryMakers interview
  16. Chapter 11: Remember Why You're Here, Brother
  17. Chapter 12: Escalation and Agreement
  18. Chapter 13: Federal and Local Fair Housing Laws
  19. Chapter 14: Depth of Field, Teens Project
  20. Chapter 15: The Movement is Not Over