In the 1960s, white residents in several neighborhoods of Chicago left the city for the suburban areas – in many American cities, a process known as white flight – as Blacks continued to move beyond the Black Belt.
While home loan discriminatory redlining against blacks continued, the real estate industry practiced what became known as blockbusting, completely changing the racial composition of whole neighborhoods.
Structural changes in industry, such as globalization and job outsourcing, caused heavy job losses for lower-skilled workers. At its peak during the 1960s, some 250,000 workers were employed in the steel industry in Chicago.
In 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. and Albert Raby led the Chicago Freedom Movement, which culminated in agreements between Mayor Richard J. Daley and the movement leaders.
Take a look at these fascinating color photos from ZeusMeister to see what Chicago looked liked in 1967.
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| Woods Theater, Oriental Theatre, Sherman Hotel, Chicago, 1967 |
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| Randolph Street theaters, 1967 |
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| Apartment buildings along lake, Chicago, 1967 |
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| Astor Street, Chicago, 1967 |
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| Astor Street, Chicago, 1967 |
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| Astor Street, Chicago, 1967 |
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| California Zephyr silver solarium at Chicago trainyard, 1967 |
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| Casino Royale marquee on State Lake Theater, 1967 |
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| Chicago and Northwestern train on bridge, 1967 |
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| Chicago and Northwestern train passing alongside, 1967 |
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| Chicago city homes, 1967 |
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| Chicago city skyline, 1967 |
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| Chicago from top of building, 1967 |
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| Chicago News building and Bertals store on State Street, 1967 |
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| Chicago River with Marina City and Equitable Building, 1967 |
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| Chicago view of skyline and parking lot, 1967 |
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| Chicken man on Maxwell Street, 1967 |
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| Children looking at toy store,Chicago, 1967 |
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| City view from Prudential, Chicago, 1967 |
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| Dearborn Ave. and W. Burton Pl., Chicago, 1967 |
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| Dirty alley off Maxwell St., Chicago, 1967.jpg |
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| El Cap, Chicago, 1967 |
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| Eve Arden in Hello Dolly ticket window, Chicago, 1967 |
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| Farmers Market, 1967 |
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| Federal Savings Bank Building on Michigan Ave., Chicago, 1967 |
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| Homeward Bound traffic, 1967 |
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| Hubcaps for sale on Maxwell Street, 1967 |
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| Lake Street traffic and pedestrians, 1967 |
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| Mark IV bus driving over bridge Chicago, 1967 |
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| Maxwell Street vendors, 1967 |
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| Melody Freeze ice cream truck, Chicago, 1967 |
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| Paperboy delivering of Chicago Tribune, 1967 |
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| Pipes on a train, 1967 |
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| Randolph Street, 1967 |
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| Randolph Street, 1967 |
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| Shops on State Street at night, 1967 |
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| State Street, Chicago, 1967 |
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| Terry's on Roosevelt Rd. and Halsted St., Chicago, 1967 |
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| Traffic near Damen and Armitage Ave., Chicago, 1967 |
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| Traffic on the Kennedy Expressway, 1967 |
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| View from 333 North Michigan St., Chicago, 1967 |
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| View of Chicago from Prudential Building, 1967 |
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| View of Marina Towers from State Street, 1967 |
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| Walgreens Drug drugstore on State Street, 1967 |
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| Yellow cab and Marina Towers, Chicago, 1967 |