Join the Chicago Theological Society (CTS) in partnership with CHM for an incredible journey around important sites to the Chicago Civil Rights Movement and Operation Breadbasket. This tour is done in conjunction with the Jackson Oral History Project, which was initiated by CTS in 2023 as a way to preserve the stories of this important period in Chicago’s history.

$15 per person. Children under 14 are free, but registration is required. Tour begins and ends at Chicago Theological Seminary, 1407 E. 60th Street.

If ticket price is a hardship, please contact Kim Schultz at kim.schultz@ctschicago.edu.

Poster for Operation Breadbasket entitled Don’t Buy Hawthorn-Mellody Milk or Ice Cream Operation Breadbasket protest poster urging consumers to boycott Hawthorn-Mellody products, 1966. CHM, ICHi-183509
Operation breadbasket news, volume 1 number 1, October 3, 1969, page 4 Operation Breadbasket grocery store protests and information gathering, October 3, 1969. CHM, ICHi-183716
Jesse Jackson-Black Expo-st19031751-0015 Mayor Richard J. Daley, Clay Evans, Mayor Richard Hatcher (Gary, IN), Reverend Jesse Jackson, et al. officially open the 1971 Black and Minorities Business and Cultural Expo, September 29, 1971. ST-19031751-0015, Chicago Sun-Times collection, CHM
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