July 10, 1966 -- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Delivers Soldier ...
July 10, 1966 – The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. heads up a rally at Soldier Field, beginning a summer-long Chicago campaign against segregation in education, housing and employment. It was a brutally hot day with the temperature standing at 98 degrees … the city’s beaches were crowded with over 100,000 people.
50 years ago: MLK Jr.’s speech at Soldier Field, march to City Hall ...
Jul 10, 2016 · Martin Luther King Jr. speaks passionately in front of large crowd in 1964 at the Illinois Rally for Civil Rights at Soldier Field in Chicago. The rally was held to celebrate the passage of...
King’s Message to Chicago: The Unfinished Task - The Chicago …
Jan 13, 2022 · Having been invited into the Chicago Freedom Movement led by local leaders such as Al Raby and Edwin C. Bill Berry, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech before hundreds of thousands of people...
Chicago Freedom Movement - Wikipedia
A large rally was held by Martin Luther King at Soldier Field on July 10, 1966. According to a UPI news story that ran the next day, "About 35,000 persons jammed Chicago's Soldier Field for Dr. King's first giant 'freedom rally' since bringing his civil rights organizing tactics to the city..."
Martin Luther King Jr. In Chicago: See Rare Color Photographs Of …
Jun 18, 2016 · (Clockwise from top left) The crowd at the Chicago Freedom Movement rally at Soldier Field in 1966; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressing the crowd at Soldier Field; white protesters...
Chapter 28: Chicago Campaign - The Martin Luther King, Jr., …
July 10 – At "Freedom Sunday" rally at Soldier's Field, launches drive to make Chicago an "open city" for housing; July 12-14 – Racial rioting on Chicago's West Side results in two deaths and widespread destruction; August 5 – Angry whites attack civil …
Soldier Field - Wikipedia
Soldier Field is a multi-purpose stadium on the Near South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1924 and reconstructed in 2003, the stadium has served as the home of the Chicago Bears from the National Football League (NFL) since 1971, [ a ] as well as Chicago Fire FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) from 1998 to 2006 and since 2020.
PART 3 - MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND THE CHICAGO …
Aug 6, 2016 · Sunday, July 10, 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. delivers a 12-page speech at a rally for civil rights at Soldier Field in Chicago that drew tens of thousands of supporters of open housing, better education and increased employment opportunities for the city’s black community.
The Storied (and Sometimes Strange) History of Soldier Field
Feb 3, 2016 · Named after the members of the armed forces who participated the first World War, Soldier Field will be celebrating its 100th birthday in a few years. Here's a look back at how Chicagoans have...
Martin Luther King, Jr. in Chicago - Encyclopedia of Chicago
In 1964, two years before he returned to participate in an open housing campaign, King visited Chicago and spoke at a rally for racial justice, demonstrating his extraordinary abilities to use public media to broaden support for the cause of civil rights. The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2005 Chicago Historical Society.