Unfinished Business: MLK, Chicago, and the Fight for Fair Housing

It’s been exactly 60 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his family moved to the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, with a sharp focus on a discriminatory and unaffordable housing crisis. A stellar panel of journalists, scholars, activists and stakeholders reflect on this legacy, and where the city finds itself at the milestone anniversary.

Featuring Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life, UChicago Associate Professor of History Adam Green and Ayesha Jaco, Executive Director of West Side United. Moderated by Jelani Cobb, Dean of the Columbia Journalism School.

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Thursday February 19, 2025

5:30 p.m. CT

Ida Noyes Hall, Cloister Club