New exhibit of historical photos explores the fight for fair

New exhibit of historical photos explores the fight for fair housing in Chicagoland


Courtesy Elmhurst Art Museum
It’s often been said that a picture is worth 1,000 words, “but I think it’s worth even more than that if a photographer is in the right place at the right time capturing something important,” says Wheaton resident Bernard Kleina, whose historic images are the centerpiece of a new exhibit at the Elmhurst Art Museum entitled “In Focus: The Chicago Freedom Movement and the Fight for Fair Housing.”
‘In Focus: The Chicago Freedom Movement and the Fight for Fair Housing’
When: Through June 20
Tickets: $15 for adults, $12 for seniors
Running through June 20, the sprawling exhibit explores systemic issues of race-based discrimination surrounding housing opportunities in the Chicagoland area, combining a wealth of news articles, interviews and maps outlining the extraordinary inequities, along with 40 of Kleina’s photographs and first-hand accounts of the groundbreaking work of the Chicago Freedom Movement (CFM). Organized by Martin Luther King Jr., James Bevel and Al Raby during 1965-67, CFM was essential to the passing of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, which prohibited discrimination for housing rentals and loans based on race, religion, gender or national origin.

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