The Chicago Theological Seminary conducted the Jackson Oral History Project in 2022 to preserve stories of Chicago’s Civil Rights Movement that represented the potential power and social impact of faith in action. They spoke to Rev. Martin L. Deppe, Dr. Hermene Hartman, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., Mrs. Betty Massoni, Rev. David Wallace, and Rev. Dr. Janette C. Wilson.
Experience firsthand accounts of Operation Breadbasket and Operation PUSH in the 1960s and ’70s in this Google Arts & Culture story.
Credits
Special thanks to the following individuals who made this Google Arts & Culture exhibit possible:
Peter T. Alter
Charles E. Bethea
Rebekah Coffman
DePaul University (Autumn 2023) Chicago History Museum Experience class
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Tim Frakes Productions
Miranda Kincer
Carolena Melvie Koshgarian Cash
Heidi A. Samuelson
Kim Schultz
Natalie Sinclair
Brian E. Smith
Esther D. Wang