When the West Side Burned: A WTTW Chicago Stories Documentary, Community Conversation, and Concert
Peacemaking
The tragic assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in April 1968 triggered unrest across the country, but in Chicago, the rage and grief that erupted in the city’s Black communities led to an unprecedented period of public mourning, looting, and destruction on the city’s West Side. Examining King’s close ties to Chicago and the […]
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