Photograph from the Chicago Sun-Times collection, courtesy of the Chicago History Museum

ID: 67 ~ Source: ST-14001623-0012, Chicago Sun-Times collection, Chicago History Museum ~ Creator: Chicago Sun Times ~ Date: June 25, 1976

This file appears in: Stateway Gardens

Photograph from the Chicago Sun-Times collection, courtesy of the Chicago History Museum — © Sun-Times Media, LLC. All rights reserved

Children climb a chain-link fence in front of Stateway Gardens
June 25, 1976

This file appears in: Stateway Gardens

Stateway Gardens

By Madeleine McQuilling & Chicago Sun Times (photograph)

“Our mothers take credit, but in Stateway we raised ourselves.” – Jasmon Drain On May 17, 1954 the U.S Supreme Court handed down its decision banning segregated schools, and on the same day, the Chicago Housing Authority announced plans to build…