King speaks on civil rights in Chicago crowd
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr addressed about 300 people at 60th and Weedlawn on Sunday as part of a Chicago tour. He spoke for Negro civil rights and against segregation, introduced by Rev. Lynnard Stevenson of The Woodlawn Organization.
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Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
60Th
Weedlawn
King
Lynnard Stevenson
Woodlawn Organization
Chicago
Barbara Carey
Public meeting on Jackson Park Outer Drive plans set
A public meeting on August 5 at 8 PM at Congregation Rodfei Zedek will discuss Chicago Park District plans for Jackson Park and the Outer Drive project. Hyde Park Kenwood Conference and park board members will present proposals including Harvard landscape architect Sasaki’s alternative and traffic changes on Cornell Drive.
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Jackson Park
Congregation Rodfei Zedek
Hyde Park Blvd
Chicago Park District
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Harvard University
Hideo Sasaki
University of Chicago
Pikarsky
Cornell Drive
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Cornell
Park District
U S Urban Renewal Official Visits Harper Court
Commissioner William L Slayton toured Harper Court this week missing the Light up and Launching ceremonies planned for July 29. Attending were John Duba Louis Wetmore Mrs George W Beadle and Louis Hill. Mayor Daley invited to speak. Mrs Emily Taft Douglas to release two dozen helium balloons bearing shop names and a searchlight display will follow. Harper Court tenants prepare for August openings with a grand fall ceremony to mark full shop interiors and stock.
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William L. Slayton
Harper Court
Slayton
John Duba
Chicago
University
Harper Court Foundation
Louis Hill
Urban
Fifth Army Band
Richard J. Daley
Emily Taft Douglas
Paul Douglas
Douglas
Laredo Taft
Hyde Park
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Museum of Science and Industry
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George Overton
Woodlawn
Erwin Weiner
U.S. Urban Renewal
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