When the West Side Burned
When the West Side Burned

When the West Side Burned

October 25, 2024 | 56 min

In the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968, chaos erupted on Chicago’s West Side. Grief turned into anger as protests, riots, looting, and fires consumed some neighborhoods. Audio-narrated descriptions of key visual elements are available.

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