How the 1963 CPS boycott over segregation shaped Chicago protests for decades to come
In 1963, nearly half of all Chicago students walked out of school to protest segregation and inequity, laying the groundwork for decades of protests to come.
On May 1, students at several Chicago Public Schools – in protest of the war in Gaza and in support of Palestinians – marched to the University of Chicago and DePaul encampments.
CPS students ditching class for a cause is nothing new. Going back to the early 1960s, CPS was ground zero for a massive boycott to fight inequities and segregation in schools – a protest that got the attention and support of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Reset dives into the history of the Chicago Public Schools boycott of 1963, otherwise known as Freedom Day.
GUEST: Elena Gonzalez, curator of civic engagement and social justice at the Chicago History Museum
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How the 1963 CPS boycott over segregation shaped Chicago protests for decades to come
In 1963, nearly half of all Chicago students walked out of school to protest segregation and inequity, laying the groundwork for decades of protests to come.
On May 1, students at several Chicago Public Schools – in protest of the war in Gaza and in support of Palestinians – marched to the University of Chicago and DePaul encampments.
CPS students ditching class for a cause is nothing new. Going back to the early 1960s, CPS was ground zero for a massive boycott to fight inequities and segregation in schools – a protest that got the attention and support of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Reset dives into the history of the Chicago Public Schools boycott of 1963, otherwise known as Freedom Day.
GUEST: Elena Gonzalez, curator of civic engagement and social justice at the Chicago History Museum