On To Cicero

Many of the racial problems that occured in the South were also taking place in Chicago. People were tired of this happening and they decided to march. They marched from Chicago through Cicero. Cicero was an all white area at the time. Even Dr. King was involved in this march for part of the time. However, at one point Dr. King called off the march. But, the march still happened and people did not listen to Dr. King. For Dr. King to come to Chicago was a big deal. It was very different in Chicago. In the South many people would go to the Church to try and find an answer to segregation. However, in Chicago not everybody was dedicated to their religion. It was difficult to have somebody come in to Chicago and tell everyone to come to the Church to listen to Dr. King speak. The groups in Chicago were diverse. Linda Bryant Hall said, "In Chicago—as I said—there are people who are very diversified. And some people in Chicago didn’t even [Martin Luther King, Jr.] to come in now and ask them to come into the church and follow his movement through that mechanism, it didn’t wash so well with a lot of people" They had to use different tactics to try and bring everybody together. Even though there was racial inequality all over the country. The way that it was dealt with is different for every part of the country.