The Chicago Freedom Movement : Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North.

Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 In Their Own Voices -- 2 Interpreting the Chicago Freedom Movement -- 3 Toward the Apex of Civil Rights Activism -- 4 The Chicago Freedom Movement and the Federal Fair Housing Act -- 5 The Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities -- 6 The North Shore Summer Project -- 7 Tenant Unions during the Chicago Freedom Movement -- PHOTOGRAPHS -- 8 The Chicago Freedom Movement and the Fight for Fair Lending -- 9 Martin Luther King's Legacy in North Lawndale -- 10 The Movement Didn't Stop -- 11 Perspectives on the Legacy of Jesse L. Jackson Sr. -- 12 The Rise of Independent Black Political Power in Chicago -- 13 Roots of the Environmental Justice Movement -- 14 Youth and Nonviolence -- 15 Music and the Movement I -- 16 Music and the Movement II -- 17 Women in the Movement I -- 18 Women in the Movement II -- 19 Labor and the Chicago Freedom Movement -- 20 Nonviolence and the Chicago Freedom Movement -- 21 Movement Success -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index.

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