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- QuestionWhat does the SCLC hope to achieve in Chicago? Why is this program taking place in Chicago?AnswerPossible answer: After years of working in the South, the SCLC hopes to work toward the elimination of slums in Chicago, or to make them a “moral and financial liability.” They have chosen Chicago as a starting place because of its status as a major destination for African Americans leaving the South in the Great Migration.
- QuestionHow does Martin Luther King Jr. argue that Black Chicagoans cannot access adequate housing?AnswerPossible answer: King argues that Black Chicagoans cannot access adequate housing because of a segregated housing market, higher home rental and purchase prices, and higher insurance and interest rates.
- QuestionWhat victories does King claim in the South?AnswerPossible answer: King names several victories of the SCLC, including simplifying issues in Birmingham to the one issue of segregation, helping integrate lunch counters and ensuring the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
- QuestionWhy does King claim that Chicago slums are a specifically Black problem?AnswerPossible answer: King claims that slums are economically exploiting Black Chicagoans. He also says that, unlike people of other ethnic groups who might be relegated to particular areas, African Americans cannot move elsewhere in the city because of Chicago’s segregated housing market.
- QuestionWhat does King see as the first steps to solving the Chicago problem?AnswerPossible answer: King states that the first phase of the Chicago project will primarily focus upon educating people and defining the slum problem. King and the SCLC plan to carry this out through partnerships with ministers and the establishment of unions to end slums.
- QuestionWhat does this document demonstrate about the shifting priorities of the civil rights movement after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?AnswerPossible answer: This document demonstrates that King and other civil rights leaders sought to end poverty, slums, economic exploitation and other more informal mechanisms of segregation, after fighting for voting rights and ending formal segregation in the South.
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