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EPISODE · Jan 22, 2026 · 40 MIN

The State Of Housing For Black Chicagoans 60 years On From The Chicago Freedom Movement

from In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons

This month marks 60 years since the start of the Chicago Freedom Movement, when Martin Luther King Jr. moved to North Lawndale on the West Side to protest discriminatory housing practices and high rents. Pamela Stalling, VP of Housing and Financial Empowerment, Chicago Urban League, Alden Loury, WBEZ data projects senior editor and David Stovall, Professor of Black Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago join In the Loop, to examine what’s changed for Black Chicagoans six decades later.

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This month marks 60 years since the start of the Chicago Freedom Movement, when Martin Luther King Jr. moved to North Lawndale on the West Side to protest discriminatory housing practices and high rents. Pamela Stalling, VP of Housing and Financial...

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