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1976 Marquette Park... Chicago race riots rallies...
Item # 709603
August 23, 1976
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 23, 1976
* Marquette Park rallies - Chicago race riots
* Racially charged violence - Negroes vs. whites
The front page has a heading: "HOW THE BATTLE FOR WHITE POWER TOUCHED OFF A BORDER WAR" (see images) Beginning on pages 12 & 13 is a report headed: "How the Battle for White Power Touched Off a Border War" with a few related photos. See images for portion of the text.
wikipedia notes: In 1976 around 200 NSPA members and local youths gathered at Marquette Park to confront a black group that had planned to protest inadequate housing. When the black group failed to show up, the protestors started throwing bricks and bottles at police officers and passing motorists, damaging more than 200 vehicles; someone shot an off-duty officer. In July of 1976, between 1,000 and 1,500 residents of Marquette Park, including many NSPA members attacked around 100 activists protesting housing discrimination with bricks and bottles, while shouting "Marquette stays white". Over 30 people, including 16 policemen, were injured and over 60 arrests were made. The activists alleged the police made little effort to protect them, and at least eight off-duty Chicago police officers were believed to have been involved in the attacks on the marchers.
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Complete in 128 pages, one fold across the center, very minor margin wear, nice condition.
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