60 years after MLK protested in Marquette Park, marchers carry on his legacy
Sixty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. marched in Marquette Park to protest unfair housing laws in Chicago. He and other activists faced angry crowds who threw rocks and Molotov cocktails. On Saturday, his daughter Bernice King stood in the same park, speaking to a crowd wearing rain ponchos and umbrellas. The march honored his legacy and called for continued action against housing discrimination.
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