A Decisive Decade: An Insider's View of the Chicago Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s

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ix Illustrations Lillian Roberts and Victor Gotbaum 4 Alex Poinsett in Gary, Indiana, October 1970 9 Sit-in by student members of CORE 11 Fifth Ward alderman Leon Despres with Martha Friedberg 12 A. Philip Randolph 17 Campers at the author’s cabin 22 Family picture, summer 1933 23 Timuel Black Jr. 28 Poster urging participation in the school boycott, October 22, 1963 53 Rev. Jack Kent 59 Philip M. Hauser 70 Robert J. Havighurst 71 Dean George P. Shultz 75 Brochure for “Careers for Negroes in Management” 76 Walter Reuther, Mary Reuther, and Harry Van Arsdale marching in Selma, March 1965 83 “Why We March,” CCCO flyer, 1965 89 Al Pitcher, Al Raby, and Martin Luther King Jr. 95 Martin Luther King Jr. speaking from a car 105 Dick Gregory being interviewed by phone, 1964 113 Marshall Patner, attorney representing Dick Gregory and Jeff Fort 125 Al Raby shaking hands at Soldier Field rally, 1966 146 Racial confrontation on Chicago’s West Side 149 Bill Berry and Martin Luther King Jr. 152 x Illustrations Flyer supporting selective patronage campaign 155 Rev. Jesse L. Jackson signing an agreement to open job opportunities 158 Rev. Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., and Cirilo McSween 161 Rev. Gary Massoni and Rev. Andrew Juvenall 162 Products of member companies, Operation Breadbasket 164 Rev. Jack Mendelsohn 187 Black Power movement at Chicago Freedom rally 188 Bishop Arthur Brazier with Rosa Scott and Mary Booth, April 1963 192 Dr. Norma Poinsett 214 Map 1. Hyde Park locations important to the Chicago Civil Rights Movement 224 Map 2. Other Chicago locations important to the movement 226 ...