1963 Chicago Public Schools boycott

CTL-E-4568 · Event · other · 1963

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

In 1963 over 200,000 Chicago public-school students walk out to protest deplorable conditions under superintendent Benjamin Willis - including 'Willis Wagons' portable trailers and double shifts for overcrowded Black schools.

Notes

RELP105 supporting event entity; events.json CTL-EVT-023306.

Referenced by

Overcrowded segregated schooling (double shifts) — related to → this record

Sources

Chicago Magazine, 'When 200,000 CPS Students Walked Out of School In Protest'. https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/march-2018/when-200000-cps-students-walked-out-of-school-in-protest/

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