{"id":2745,"date":"2021-01-18T20:22:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T20:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourplanbproductions.com\/khs2025\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2021-01-18T20:22:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T20:22:20","slug":"nssp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourplanbproductions.com\/khs2025\/nssp\/","title":{"rendered":"The North Shore Summer Project, 1965"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2745\" data-postid=\"2745\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2745 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_fvdr971 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_780l971 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_tm3d792   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Sunday August 29, 1965, hundreds of north shore residents and civil rights activists marched from Kenilworth to Evanston down Greenbay Road in protest to housing discrimination in North Shore.<\/h2>\n<p>The march led a crowd of around 500 to a rally in Bent Park and an all-night vigil at the offices of the Evanston North Shore Board of Realtors. The three mile march saw delegations from most of the North Shore suburbs including Kenilworth, Wilmette, Winnetka, and Evanston. The march and rally was sponsored by the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) which organized earlier that year to survey Chicago\u2019s northern suburb communities to determine attitudes towards open housing in private transactions and a campaign to promote non-discriminatory property listings. The NSSP gained more than 10,000 residents\u2019 signatures on their petition calling for equal housing opportunities across the northern suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>That same summer, Martin Luther King Jr planned a three day trip to Chicago. Upon hearing about his visit, the NSSP invited him to the North Shore to give a speech on discrimination in housing. On July 25, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr gave a speech to a crowd of around 9,000 people at Winnetka\u2019s Village Green. While the North Shore Summer Project disbanded shortly after that summer their efforts continued, branching into the For Real Estate Equality (FREE) and Buyer Recruitment programs. Eventually, organizations like Open Communities and The Justice Project formed in the wake of NSSP to continue the work for making the North Shore more inclusive and diverse.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_h5t6228   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.winnetkahistory.org\/gazette\/historic-civil-rights-milestone-in-july-2015\/<br \/>\nChicago Tribune. \u2018March\u2019 Story Wins Praise. Aug 31, 1965. Pg 8.<br \/>\nChicago Tribune. North Shore Residents Signs Housing Petition. Aug 8, 1965. Pg. N3<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.lib.uchicago.edu\/bmrc\/view.php?eadid=BMRC.UIC.NORTHSHORE.SURVEY#idp148393128<br \/>\nChicago Tribune. Clergy Picket Realty Board in Evanston. Aug 301, 1965. Pg. 10<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday August 29, 1965, hundreds of north shore residents and civil rights activists marched from Kenilworth to Evanston down Greenbay Road in protest to housing discrimination in North Shore. 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