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2005-01-30T08:53:13Z

Edwin “Bill” Berry was the aggressive leader of the Chicago Urban League who served as a leader of the Chicago Freedom Movement.

Berry was born in Oberlin, Ohio, and educated at Oberlin College. Still, he had trouble finding employment after college and therefore became involved in the Pittsburgh Urban League. He soon became the Executive Director of the Portland, Oregon chapter, where he was able to greatly strengthen the organization. When the board of the Chicago Urban League came together o ..... Read more » More Profiles »

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2005-02-01T11:46:02Z

Martin Luther King, Jr. announced that Hosea Williams and fifteen civil rights workers would lead a voter registration drive in Chicago. In the meantime, the unions to end slums on the West Side continued to develop.

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2005-03-30T02:07:37Z

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2006-01-20T03:49:01Z

In 1965, the country’s most effective civil rights leaders joined forces in Chicago to attempt the first civil rights campaign in a large Northern city. Focusing on open housing, the movement enlisted thousands of people to march through Chicago’s streets and into its real estate offices. This site chronicles the people, organizations, and events that formed the movement, and brings together a vast collection of movement material. 2006 Commemoration · Historical overview · Timeline · More →