Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) who were trying to their nonviolent movement to the North and chose Chicago as the city to do so. King was the leader of a march that started at Soldiers Field and ended the city hall. Members of the march were part of an umbrella organization that composed of the Chicago Freedom Movement, the SCLC, and the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO). A list of demands was then posed at the city all that was meant for Mayor Daley, the city council, and other city and state institutions.
QUESTION
1. In Chicago, to whom did the SCLC appeal in order to break the link between race and poverty? Where did the power lie?
The SCLC appeals to the black community because it helps with the economic conditions of the blacks in their neighborhoods. One of the demands of the CCCO was to "increase vastly the supply of low-cost housing." This benefits the blacks because then there are more houses availible for the low income blacks.
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