A an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s McKersie, Robert B. creator text bibliography biography Electronic books. ilu 2013 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations The First Unitarian Church of Chicago: my gateway to the civil rights movement and to Alex Poinsett -- Campaigns on the employment front -- The Motorola Campaign and Tim Black -- Campaigns on the education front -- The movement marks time, while the university plays catch-up -- Spring and summer 1965: marches, more marches, and Al Pitcher -- A peaceful march in Kenwood and a not-so-peaceful march led by Dick Gregory -- Looking back on the tumultuous events of 1965 -- The campaign for open housing, summer 1966 -- Jesse Jackson, Operation Breadbasket, and minority enterprise -- The movement and the decade wind down -- Initiatives continue within the university and the unitarian church -- Race relations and the personal equation. Robert B. McKersie ; with a foreword by James R. Ralph Jr. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us-il McKersie, Robert B African American civil rights workers Illinois Chicago Biography African Americans Civil rights Illinois Chicago History 20th century Civil rights movements Illinois Chicago History 20th century Civil rights workers Illinois Chicago Biography Chicago (Ill.) Race relations F548.9.N4 M34 2013eb 323.092 B McKersie, Robert B. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013] xxvi, 255 pages (DLC) 2012040463 9780809332458 (e-book) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10764530 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10764530 CaPaEBR 121026 ebr10764530 eng