CHICAGO METRO HISTORY FAIR 2014 SUMMARY STATEMENT FORM

Please TYPE on sheet or use word processing ALL PROJECTS: Attach an annotated bibliography. Please divide primary and secondary sources from each other. Two copies of SSF & Annotated Bibliography are required for competitions. .

Title _The Chicago Freedom Movement___________________________________________ Student name(s) __________Erica Dominguez and Vanessa Sepulveda_________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Project Category: Group Individual

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Check if applicable (and respond to the 3rdquestion): This project uses the 2014 National History Day theme, Rights and Responsibilities

1. THESIS STATEMENT
Present the projects argument or interpretation in two sentences. If you are using the NHD theme, you might want to make it evident in your thesis statement.

The Chicago Freedom Movement started the leadership council for metropolitan open communities. In Chicago the residential segregation remains the same, and Chicago remains the third most segregated city in America.

2. SUMMARY OF PROJECT
Briefly explain your project and its conclusion. Include: How and why did change happen and what was the impact? Why is it historically significant? What historical meaning or importance can we learn from your findings?

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the central figure of the Civil Rights Movement but most of his accomplishments were in the South. Al Raby and other Chicago civil rights activists invited Dr. King to Chicago in 1966 because the hoped that his voice would help their movement.

3. Required for projects using the National History Day theme only.
Explain how this project integrates the NHD theme Rights and Responsibilities into its argument.

The Chicago Freedom Movement was all about trying to help Chicago black families move from slum neighborhoods to better housing. This was part of the Civil Rights movement.

4. PROCESS A. What historical question did you start off withand how did it change once you began doing your research? In the year 1966 the Civil Rights movement had helped blacks in the Southern states but not really in the North. In the summer of 1966 Chicago decided to have the Slums campaign in order to have black families move to a better neighborhood. It got more attention once Dr. King was brought in to be the local speaker.

B. What kinds of sources did you use as evidence to develop your argument (for example, letters, photographs, government documents, interviews, etc.)?

My partner and I used the internet and books in order to find some evidence.

C. Select one piece of evidence that you used and explain how it influenced your argument.

The evidence that we used was Dr. Martin Luther King because he was the public speaker for the Civil Rights movement. That helped the Chicago Freedom movement become known.

D. List libraries (other than school), museums, and other institutions that you visited to do your research. We visited the Library named Westlawn Library on 63rd and the Harold Washington Library.