“In Focus: The Chicago Freedom Movement and the Fight for Fair Housing,” runs through June 20 at the Elmhurst Art Museum, 150 Cottage Hill Ave.

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The Chicago Freedom Movement was a push for open housing and an end to Chicago slums. History. 50 Years Ago, Martin Luther King Jr. Fought For Open Housing In Chicago. August 29, 2016 4:31 PM ET.

Martin Luther King Jr. fought racism and housing discrimination during the Chicago Freedom Movement. With member station WBEZ, Michel Martin explores the movement's impact 50 years later.

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: A few minutes ago, we talked about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Chicago Freedom Movement. Well, earlier this week, we were in Chicago for an event commemorating the ...

The summer of 1966, when the Chicago Freedom Movement kicked into high gear, will long be remembered as the time of civil rights marches into hostile white neighborhoods — but those marches were ...

Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went north, leading the Chicago Freedom Movement. Bernard Kleina and his camera were there, too — and the former priest walks NPR through his color ...

Thomas discussed King’s partnership with Chicago teacher and activist Al Raby, who together formed the Chicago Freedom Movement in 1965 to advocate for fair housing in Black communities.

See some of WBEZ’s 50th anniversary coverage of the Chicago Freedom Movement here.. You can tune in to the live event on this page or via NPR Extra on Facebook.. We will also be taking the ...

LIVE AT 8 PM EASTERN: In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Chicago with a mission to expand the Civil Rights Movement from the South to the North. King led what became known as the Chicago ...