The Chicago Freedom Movement

Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Activism in the North

By:

Clayborne Carson

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Hardback

Series:

Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century

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Six months after the Selma to Montgomery marches and just weeks after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a group from Martin Luther King Jr.'s staff arrived in Chicago, eager to apply his nonviolent approach to social change in a northern city. Once there, King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) joined the locally based Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO) to form the Chicago Freedom Movement. The open housing demonstrations they organized eventually resulted in a controversial agreement with Mayor Richard J. Daley and other city leaders, the fallout of which has historically led some to conclude that the movement was largely ineffective. In this important volume, an eminent team of scholars and activists offer an alternative assessment of the Chicago Freedom Movement's impact on race relations and social justice, both in the city and across the nation. Building upon recent works, the contributors reexamine the movement and illuminate its lasting contributions in order to challenge conventional perceptions that have underestimated its impressive legacy.

Author Biography:

Mary Lou Finley is a sociologist and professor emeritus at Antioch University Seattle, USA and coauthor of Doing Democracy: the MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements. Bernard LaFayette Jr. is Distinguished Senior Scholar in Residence at Emory University's Candler School of Theology, USA the chair of the national board of SCLC, and the author of In Peace and Freedom: My Journey in Selma. James R. Ralph Jr. is Rehnquist Professor of American History and Culture at Middlebury College, USA and author of Northern Protest: Martin Luther King, Jr., Chicago and the Civil Rights Movement. Pam Smith is a longtime Chicago consultant who served as press secretary to Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign and Barack Obama's primary campaign for the US Senate. She is currently a US history instructor at Northern Virginia Community College, USA.

Release date Australia

April 22nd, 2016

Author

Clayborne Carson

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributors

Edited by Bernard LaFayette
Edited by James R. Ralph
Edited by Mary Lou Finley
Edited by Pam Smith

Illustrations

19 b&w photos, 3 maps, 3 figures

Pages

528

Series

Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century

Dimensions

152x229x43

ISBN-13

9780813166506

Product ID

24078150

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