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The Housing Protests on the South Side of Chicago in August 1931 began as a clash between white police and African Americans over the eviction of Diana Gross, a seventy-two year old black woman. Police were sent to enforce the eviction and encountered direct conflict with the crowd that had assembled and who were attempting to place her ...
Chicago NATO summit protests - Mass protests against a NATO summit held in Chicago. Protestors scuffled with police and more than two dozen were injured after being clubbed with police batons. [15] 0 24+ March 11, 2016 Political 2016 Donald Trump Chicago rally protest - Protestors shut down a Donald Trump rally and clashed with police ...
March 16: First Chicago death due to the COVID-19 pandemic; Governor J. B. Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot issue a stay at home order. Over 7,700 people in Chicago died in the pandemic. May 28 – June 1: George Floyd protests in Chicago; Population: 2,741,730. [75] 2021: The Chicago Sky won their first WNBA championship, defeating the ...
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Protests, sit-ins and demonstrations in Chicago continued throughout 1964 and 1965. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] On August 11, 1965, riots ignited in Watts , a predominantly black section of Los Angeles , after the arrest of a 21-year-old black man for drunk driving.
Chicago, a major U.S. city that has absorbed over 37,000 migrants since 2022, has started its first round of evictions of migrants staying in its shelters.. While the city says its eviction ...
Protestors demonstrate during a 'No Evictions, No Police' national day of action protest against law enforcement who forcibly remove people from homes on September 1, 2020 in New York City.
[21] [20] Shortly after 11:30 pm, the Chicago Fire Department responded to a fire at the Central Camera Company store on the 200 south block of Wabash Avenue. As a result of protests, the CTA temporarily suspended its services in the downtown area, and the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive at Roosevelt Road were closed.