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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 ...
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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.
Nadine Seiler, 59, traveled to Chicago to join Sunday’s protest march. “I came in solidarity with their cause but I also wanted to bring my message about Trump and Project 2025,” she said.
Tuesday night’s protest was organized by a group called Behind Enemy Lines under the slogan “Make it great like ’68,” an allusion to large and chaotic protests against the war in Vietnam ...
Amid a backdrop where the city is facing a mounting budget crisis that could lead to its first shutdown in history if a new spending plan is not approved by the end of the year, Johnson recently ...
Occupy Chicago is a peaceful protest and demonstration against economic inequality, corporate greed and the influence of corporations and lobbyists on government which has been taking place in Chicago since September 24, 2011. The protests began in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York.
(The Center Square) – Government attorneys are wrapping up their case with a focus on AT&T and former state Rep. Eddie Acevedo, D-Chicago, at the corruption trial of former Illinois House ...