Dred Scott Prison Site Restoration in Thebes
Thebes restores the two story courthouse where Dred Scott was held. A 20 acre park surrounds the building with funding from Thebes Womans Club. Lincoln and John Logan are tied to cases there and a new brochure will detail its history. Manpower comes from Shawnee Development Council programs.
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Dred Scott
Thebes
Scott
Supreme Court
Abraham Lincoln
Free
Womans Club
Lincoln
John Logan
Mississippi River
Greenfinger
Shawnee Development Council
War On Poverty Agency
Civil Rights Tensions Rise In Chicago Neighborhoods
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr led a mixed march through Chicago Lawn and Cragin amid white resistance and threats. Residents described open housing as a threat to their communities while police held a controlled protest with over 1,200 officers safeguarding participants.
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Tom Stramik
California Avenue
Stramiks
Chicago Lawn District
Martin Luther King Jr
Chicago
Dr. King
Chicago Lawn
South Side
Cragin
King
James Bevel
Belmont-Cragin
Herrin Man Dies After Heart Attack At 76
Henry Dawson Sr. 76 of Belleville, father of Mrs Mildred Mueth of Herrin, died Friday from an apparent heart attack. He was retired secretary and business agent for Molders Union Belleville Local 182. Civil rights leaders vow to press Chicago housing desegregation amid white resistance as marches continue.
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Henry Dawson , Sr
Belleville
Mildred Mueth
Herrin
Molders Union
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Howard Borum
W. White St
Marion
Mitchell Funeral Home
Suhat
Odd Fellows
Borum
Marion Memorial Hospital
Mississippi
Alabama
Richard J. Daley
Stokely, van Camp
Rocote
Stokelys
Stokely
Stokely-Van Camp, Inc
Clinton
Iowa
Stoke
Chevrolet
Mardale
Carbondale
America
Fisher
Malibu
Act
Corvette
Hays Chevrolet CO
Murphysboro
Cheireiet Biviien
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