Short audio clip of 70,000 people singing at Soldier Field, at the 1964 Illinois Rally for Civil Rights-- with Dr. Martin Luther King speaking. (Also present was Mahalia Jackson, whose voice you can hear toward the end of the clip.)

70,000+ People Singing at Soldier Field Civil Rights Rally, June 21, 1964

What it's like to be neighbors in a space that's just nine inches wide.
With many thanks to Jones College Prep, Chicago. 
Photo by Bill Healy.

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Raw audio from the Mayoral Forum sponsored by the One Chicago for All Alliance of neighborhood development groups, Jan. 12, 2019. Held at the UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Rd, Chicago.  

Participating candidates (in the order in which they were introduced): Amara Enyia, Bill Daley, Lori Lightfoot, Garry McCarthy, Dorothy Brown, Susana Mendoza, Paul Vallas, Toni Preckwinkle, Willie Wilson, Gery Chico, John Kozlar, Bob Fioretti).

One Chicago For All Mayoral Forum, Jan. 12, 2019. Chicago

Linda Lutton covers education and youth issues for WBEZ-Chicago Public Radio. 

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