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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 ...
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.
A protest against the growing number of evictions as a result of the Great Depression turned violent. Three protestors were killed and three policemen injured, leading mayor Anton Cermak to declare a moratorium on evictions. [1] 3 3+ December 17, 1933 Ethnic, political
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Chicago will move forward Sunday with its previously delayed plan to evict thousands of migrants from city and state-operated shelters, ... “If the 60 Day Eviction Policy is enforced, the ...
In January 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and nonviolent protest, moved to a small apartment on Chicago's west side. He intended to protest and bring attention to the poor living conditions for blacks in the city in an effort to promote fair housing, as related to real estate and bank ...
In Chicago, migrants deal with ... 13,000 migrants scramble to find homes and work as mass evictions from Chicago shelters loom. Daniella Silva. Updated February 11, 2024 at 2:50 PM.
Cicero March is a 1966 short documentary film made by the Chicago-based production company, The Film Group. The film details a civil rights march held on September 4, 1966, in Cicero, Illinois . The film documents Robert Lucas and fellow members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) as they lead activists through Cicero to protest the city ...