In Focus: The Chicago Freedom Movement & the Fight for Fair Housing

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The In Focus exhibition reflects on historical and contemporary responses to fair housing, beginning with the crucial Chicago Freedom Movement. The show seeks to provide an understanding and context for this national issue that had roots in the Chicagoland area through a variety of photographic works, including featured work by activist and photographer Bernard Kleina and new work by our Teen Art Council and members of York Community High School’s Black Student Union. The exhibition will also include local responses, especially through maps, statistics, and stories provided by H.O.P.E., the National Public Housing Museum, History Makers, and other partnering organizations.

Generously sponsored by the JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation and David C. & Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation.

Our free online programs for this exhibition start with a very special MLK Day program, The Chicago Freedom Movement and the Radical King, co-presented with the National Public Housing Museum.

ABC7 Chicago’s Jayme Nicholas interviews photographer Bernard Kleina in “Martin Luther King Jr. seen up close in rare color photos during Chicago visit”.

Fox32 Chicago’s Terrence Lee interviews Lisa Lee and John McKinnon about our program The Chicago Freedom Movement and the Radical King.

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