Pickets Protest "Unsafe School"
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In an attempt to bring Hal’s world to life for a contemporary audience, we have used this photograph of Bill Barry on the picket line under the doctrine of fair use. The wide angle and low resolution of the photograph help our readers contextualize Dr. Calloway’s “chagrin” and the ensuing scandal.
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Benjamin Willis
The desegregation of Chicago’s Public Schools played out as an epic drama in which Hal Baron spent years struggling against Superintendent Benjamin Willis and his inexorable network of allies.
Benjamin Willis—described in his Chicago Tribune…