1966

Marquette Park Marches

Chicago, Illinois, IL

Marquette Park Marches

Marquette Park Marches

In August 1966, the Chicago Open Housing Movement included marches through Marquette Park, where white mobs violently attacked nonviolent Black protesters and civil rights leaders. The attacks involved rocks, bottles, and racial epithets, marking a significant instance of white-on-Black racial disturbance during the civil rights era[1][10]. The violence …

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