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From Chicago’s housing projects to a home: How MLK’s fight for homeownership equality changed my life

As we prepare to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, it’s important to pause and reflect not only on Dr. King’s national legacy, but also on the work he did in my hometown of Chicago that continues to shape lives, opportunities and generational progress today.

Dr. King’s Chicago campaign and the fight for fair housing

During the Civil Rights Movement, the Chicago Freedom Movement took place from 1965 to 1967. Dr. King co-led this campaign with local activists to confront racial discrimination, segregation, and housing inequities in one of America’s largest cities. Unlike the Jim Crow laws of the South, segregation details ⇒

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