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Good Lawwd, I Never Knew MLK Moved And Lived In A Chicago Ghetto for One Year

Posted by theone on 4/29/2025, 1:24 pm

I knew MLK organised a march in Chicago, but had no idea he lived there as well. Anyway, King and his family(photo below) moved into a West Side ghetto apartment in South Hamlin, Chicago. The move grabbed national headlines and illuminated deplorable housing conditions that King called "typical" for blacks in Northern cities.

Lawwd, how cool is that? Someone with the status of MLK that ppl heard about from Atlanta, from the south, now is here living in a northern Ghetto. He lived there for about a year, lived in a dilapidated building where the door didn't fully close and drunk ppl would come in at night and urinate. Man, he was sincere to the cause and wanted to show that he too can live in the ghetto. Big props to him on this coz only Jesus would do something like that.

Anyway, Pope Francis had NEVER done anything like this in his life. LOL, had anyone of you ever heard of Pope Francis living in a poor African village for a while? Or lived in Gaza amongst the Palestinians for a couple years??, hahahaha!! See, once again, MLK was indeed the living proof of why Jesus was Black. LOL-->LOL!!

Re: Good Lawwd, I Never Knew MLK Moved And Lived In A Chicago Ghetto for One Year

Posted by gm on 4/30/2025, 11:24 am, in reply to "Good Lawwd, I Never Knew MLK Moved And Lived In A Chicago Ghetto for One Year "

Mr TheOne, I'm surprised you didn't know that bit of history..
If I remember correctly, Dr King once blasted the insidious kind of hate & racism he encountered in Chicago (up north?) compared to the South etc.
I maybe wrong but I don't think so🤔😕

Re: Good Lawwd, I Never Knew MLK Moved And Lived In A Chicago Ghetto for One Year

Posted by Maestro on 4/30/2025, 12:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Good Lawwd, I Never Knew MLK Moved And Lived In A Chicago Ghetto for One Year "

Yes, during the Chicago Freedom Movement led by MLK, He famously stated that he had never seen mobs as hostile and hate-filled as the ones he encountered in Chicago, even in the South. And here in Milwaukee, many called it the Birmingham of the North. You would not have believed the hatred that South Side Poles had toward African Americans. Thank God, when my dad moved us all to Milwaukee from Iowa, he chose the North side. But even there it was terribly segregated. At least, however, i got exposed to African Americans. The South side had none in their neighborhoods. terribly segregated.

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Mr TheOne, I'm surprised you d.idn't know that bit of history..
If I remember correctly, Dr King once blasted the insidious kind of hate & racism he encountered in Chicago (up north?) compared to the South etc.
I maybe wrong but I don't think so🤔😕

Re: Good Lawwd, I Never Knew MLK Moved And Lived In A Chicago Ghetto for One Year

Posted by theone on 4/30/2025, 1:34 pm, in reply to "Re: Good Lawwd, I Never Knew MLK Moved And Lived In A Chicago Ghetto for One Year "

Yes indeed Maestro, Milwaukee was even worse than Chicago for AAs. Back in those days you could be a White Muslim in Milwaukee who hates AMericans and America to the core and yet no one would pay attention,..but if you're Black and Christian and full of love you'd be immediately kicked to the curb. Life is unfair man coz folks are stoopid. They believe in what their eyes see, and not what their hearts detect.

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Re: Good Lawwd, I Never Knew MLK Moved And Lived In A Chicago Ghetto for One Year

Posted by theone on 4/30/2025, 1:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Good Lawwd, I Never Knew MLK Moved And Lived In A Chicago Ghetto for One Year "

You are NOt wrong at all, Chicago was more hostile to King than Memphis, TN, where he was assassinated. No doubt!!!!!

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