Chicago Freedom Movement

Fulfilling the Dream

April 1966

The Chicago Freedom Movement continued its organizing efforts throughout the city. The Chicago chapter of Operation Breadbasket staged its first selective buying campaign and after a week of boycotting Country’s Delight Dairy announced that it would hire over forty African-American workers. Disaffected parents also forced the removal of an unpopular principal through a boycott at the Jenner School.

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