Legacy March to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

60 years after MLK protested in Marquette Park, marchers carry on his legacy

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter Bernice King joined Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and others in rallying against racism and commemorating the contentious event 60 years ago, when marchers were met with violence.

Legacy march to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Sixty years after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led one of the most significant civil rights demonstrations in Chicago history, thousands of people are expected to retrace his footsteps during the Legacy March on Saturday, Aug. 1, commemorating the 60th anniversary of King’s 1966 march into Marquette Park and the Chicago Freedom […]

Vintage Chicago Tribune: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic march through Marquette Park

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. encountered one of the angriest mobs of his lifetime not in the South, but in Chicago 60 years ago.

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