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Marquette Park's racial strife rocks Chicago
Chicago's Marquette Park sits at the center of a long clash over housing, race, and violence as white and black activists and extremists confront each other. The area, once peaceful, has seen bombs, cross burnings, and marches led by groups from across the region, with police efforts and shifting focus to nearby Bogan.
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David Smothers
Chicago
UPI
Oakley Avenue
Marquette Park
St. Rita
St. Rita’s
Oakley
Martin Luther King Jr. Coalition
Socialist League
Progressive Labor Party
South Holland
Martin Luther King
King
South
James Capraro
Greater Southwest Development
Lithuania
King’s
Viaduct
Robert McClory
Chicago Defender
Arthur Hall
Chicago Tribune
Anthony Zakarauskas
Nativity Bvm
Frank Collin
A.I. Dunlap
Martin Luther King Jr
Damen
Turner
Dunlap
Bogan