The
Chicago Freedom Movement, also known as the
Chicago Open Housing Movement, was led by Reverend
Martin Luther King, Jr.,
James Bevel and
Al Raby. The movement included a large rally, marches, and demands to the City of
Chicago. These specific demands covered a wide range of areas besides open housing, and included quality education, transportation and job access, income and employment, health, wealth generation, crime and the criminal justice system, community development, tenants rights, and quality of life. The
Chicago Freedom Movement was the most ambitious
civil rights campaign in the
North of the United States, lasted from mid-1965 to early 1967, and is largely credited with inspiring the
1968 Fair Housing Act.