Fair Housing is not “Forced” Housing The fight over housing opened up deep community divides and racial antagonisms. This
advertisement, paid for by the Chicago Conference on Religion and Race, explained
that fair housing legal reform would not force owners to sell their homes to blacks,
but simply remove the barriers that prevented them from doing so. For many white homeowners,
however, this did not answer their questions about real estate prices and the impact
racial integration would have on the value of their own home.
Let the People Decide the Question of Forced Housing by Referendum The real estate community in Winnetka, afraid of losing money, fought hard against
legal reform of housing laws. What the liberals called “open occupancy” the realtors
and their allies termed “forced housing.”
Suburbs face up to the Prospect of Integration The Winnetka Talk speculated on whether or not the town would allow integration of housing.
Letters to the Public Forum After a Mr. Portle wrote a letter to the editor advocated residential segregation
letters of protest poured into The Winnetka Talk.
2 Will Tell of Work in Mississippi The paper was also a local news venue. This is a report about the children of two
Winnetka WIMS women whose children went to Mississippi for Freedom Summer in 1964.
Philip Moore was Henrietta Moore’s son; Linda Davis Jean Davis’ daughter.
Winnetkans Speak on Mississippi Phil Moore and Linda Davis told Winnetka audiences about their experiences in Mississippi
in 1964.
Winnetka Coed Will Return to South Despite of Danger Phil Moore returned to college after Freedom Summer, but Linda Davis did not. She
returned to Ruleville, Mississippi, to continue as a civil rights worker.
King’s Speech Attracts 8,000 Martin Luther King came to Winnetka and spoke to a rally on the village green in July
of 1965. “Racism in housing,” King said, “will not be removed until there is an assault
on the structure of power that reaps huge profits from the divisions of our society.”
The American Nazi Party picketed the rally.
