Document 3-Demands

In this document, two black organizations called the Chicago Freedom Movement and the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations got together and protested the segregationist policies of Chicago school superintendant, Benjamin Willis. They wanted economic oppurtunities for blacks. On July 10, 1965, King led a march from Soldier Field to City Hall with a list of 17 demands for Mayor Daley to keep everything equal and nonviolent. They made a stand instead of sitting back and not dealing with the conflicts or inequality and violence.