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MLK Jr.'s fight for affordable housing continues in Chicago's predominately African American neighborhoods

From abc7chicago.com

{video} Chicago wasn't always a welcoming City. Just decades ago, African Americans and new immigrants would only be shown housing in certain neighborhoods. In the 1960's Chicago's discriminatory rental and mortgage lending practices got the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King, who once called North Lawndale on the West Side home. "We have some challenging days ahead, some great and noble opportunities to make this a beautiful city that sits on the banks of Lake Michigan," Dr. King Jr. once said. In 1966, King Jr. and his wife Coretta moved into an apartment at 15th and Hamlin to make a point. "If Martin Luther ... (full story)

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