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Parade honors King, 57 years after his death North Lawndale clergy and residents participate in a march and rally on the anniversary of MLK’s assassination By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
It’s been 57 years since Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee. When King was assassinated in 1968, the shock waves were felt on Chicago’s West Side, where protests, looting and fires consumed stretches of Madison Street and Roosevelt Road. Many of these areas have yet to be restored. To commemorate the minister and civil rights activist, and the impact he had on Chicago’s West Side, local clergy and community members marched about a mile from Divine Tree of Life Missionary Baptist Church to Stone Temple Missionary Baptist Church in North Lawndale — the neighborhood where King lived for eight months in 1966, starting a campaign to improve housing in the area. The Christian Council on Urban Affairs organized the involvement of elected officials, residents and over 40 local pastors. After the march, more than 100 people gathered for a rally at Stone Temple, where King once preached while fighting inequity in Chicago. Rev. Paul Jakes of the New Tabernacle of Faith Baptist Church said his family went to watch King preach at the church, and he got to meet King. “Something happened to me when he shook my hand, and I haven’t been the See MLK MARCH on page 4
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Congressman Danny Davis (center) and community members start the Christian Council on Urban Affairs March, April 4. IN-PERSON ONLY WEEKLY CLASSES BEGIN ON THURSDAY MAY 1
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