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Chicago Designs for Change

Chicago Freedom Movement march for open housing, August 12, 1966.
Open-housing march near Bogan High School in the Ashburn neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, August 12, 1966. Chicago History Museum, ICHi-077685; photograph by Declan Haun.
  • Exhibition
May 18, 2024 - June 28, 2025
Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s–70s
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Chicago History Museum

Equal Rights Amendment rally in Civic Center Plaza.
Equal Rights Amendment rally in Civic Center Plaza. ST-15001391-0003, Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum.
  • Opening
May 19, 2024 @ 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Opening Weekend of Designing for Change
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Chicago History Museum

Black students stage mock funeral for the Board of Education during high school boycott, at the Civic Center Plaza, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Black students stage mock funeral for the Board of Education during high school boycott at the Civic Center Plaza, Chicago, Illinois. ST-16002900-0016, Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum.
  • Talk
June 8, 2024 @ 1:30am - 2:30pm
Finding Purpose Through Intersectional Student Activism
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Chicago History Museum

A family sits on a balcony above a very crowded street filled with people. A banner across the street reads "West Side."
Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking to a crowd at 3409 West Douglas Boulevard, Chicago, July 24, 1965. ST-10104099-0011, Sun-Times Collection, Chicago History Museum
  • Screening
August 8, 2024 @ 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Film Screening | Love Letter to the West Side
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Chicago History Museum

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