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This is a category for activists born, raised, or closely associated with Chicago. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Political advocacy groups in Chicago (17 P) Public Interest Research Groups (1 C, 28 P) S. ... European-American Unity and Rights Organization; F. Fair Labor Association;
Pro-Life Action League, a Chicago-based activist group founded in 1980 currently led by Eric Scheidler. [28] Secular Pro-Life (SPL), an all-volunteer organization which works both to end elective abortion and to incorporate non-religious people into the U.S. anti-abortion movement.
The Chicago Freedom Movement: Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813166506. Garb, Margaret (2014). Freedom's Ballot: African American Political Struggles in Chicago from Abolition to the Great Migration. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226136066. Garrow, David J ...
[10] The clinic's director, Dorthy Cutler, worked with Cook County Hospital and other major hospitals in the Chicago area to provide free medical care in the Chicago area. [25] The Chicago Brown Berets were activists for public education. The group occupied Frobel Middle School for a day before the Chicago Police removed the protestors from the ...
Thousands of activists are expected to converge on Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention, hoping to call attention to abortion rights, economic injustice and the war in Gaza.
Fred Hampton giving a speech at a rally in Grant Park, Chicago 1969. The 1960s was an era characterized by organization-driven social movements. Chicago was home to organizations like the Illinois Black Panther Party, the Young Lords, the Young Patriots, and later Rising Up Angry. These organizations all sought to address issues like ...
This category holds articles about people who would be included under Category:People from Illinois and whose occupation falls under Category:Activists or one of its subcategories. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.