By James Ralph (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The Chicago Freedom Movement was the most ambitious civil rights mobilization ever launched in the North. The product of an alliance of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO—a coalition of Chicago civil rights groups), the Chicago Freedom … [Read more...] about “Assessing the Chicago Freedom Movement” by James Ralph (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
Symposium Responses
“Success and the Chicago Freedom Movement” by Mary Lou Finley (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
By Mary Lou Finley (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Housing segregation still persists in Chicago, and by some measures poverty has even worsened in the 40 years since Martin Luther King, Jr. moved into a slum apartment on Chicago’s West Side in January 1966 as a profound statement of support for the poor. Yet to conclude that the movement was, as one historian … [Read more...] about “Success and the Chicago Freedom Movement” by Mary Lou Finley (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
“Farewell to the Leadership Council” (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) One of the concrete outcomes of the Chicago Freedom Movement was the founding of the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities in 1966. The organization was created as part of the final agreement reached on August 26, 1966, between the Movement and the City of Chicago. Now, four decades later, the Leadership Council is … [Read more...] about “Farewell to the Leadership Council” (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
“National Statement to Support Human and Civil Rights for All Immigrants and to Oppose Compromise Immigration Reform Proposals” (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, headed by PRRAC Board member Catherine Tactaquin, convened a series of discussions among members and partners around the current immigration proposals before Congress; the following Statement is the product of those meetings. Organizations and Individuals are requested to endorse the Statement (available in Spanish as well … [Read more...] about “National Statement to Support Human and Civil Rights for All Immigrants and to Oppose Compromise Immigration Reform Proposals” (May-June 2006 P&R Issue)
“Life Options for Young African-American Males” by Michael R. Wenger (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
By Michael R. Wenger (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) When former Congressman Ron Dellums (D-CA) agreed to chair the Commission on Life Options for Young African-American Males, he vowed that the Commission, now known as the Dellums Commission, would “not put out another report that will gather dust.” The former Capitol Hill veteran, who has made a career of … [Read more...] about “Life Options for Young African-American Males” by Michael R. Wenger (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
