GPLXC: Queer Organizing in Latinx Spaces.
For context, we have provided a brief timeline of Gage Park's history of Integration; what was once an all-white neighborhood is today Chicago's second-largest Latinx community.
Content Warning: Gage Park's history is one built on systemic oppression, and much of the subject matter in this timeline may be triggering to some.
Sources:
“About Gage Park Branch.” Chicago Public Library. https://www.chipublib.org/about-gage-park-branch/#:~:text=Gage%20Park%20Branch%20originally%20opened,Gage.
Bruckner, D.J.R. “From the Archives: Dozens Hurt during March in Chicago.” Los Angeles Times, August 6, 1966. https://www.latimes.com/la-me-dozens-hurt-during-march-19660806-story.html.
“Chicago History Museum.” Chicago History Museum Images. https://images.chicagohistory.org/search/?searchQuery=gage%2Bpark.
Dukes, Jesse. “ The Nazis' Neighborhood.” WBEZ 91.5 Chicago, April 23, 2017. https://interactive.wbez.org/curiouscity/chicagonazineighborhood/
“Frank Collin v. Chicago Park District et al.” Justicia US Law, April 27, 1972. (US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit). https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/460/746/190718/
“Gage Park.” Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago Historical Society. http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/494.html.
"Gage Park Boycott" Newspapers.com. Suburbanite Economist, October 4, 1972. https://www.newspapers.com/article/suburbanite-economist-gage-park-boycott/20516460/.
Kim, Rachel. “Where You Came From.” South Side Weekly, July 24, 2019. https://southsideweekly.com/where-you-came-from-gage-park-high-black-student-reunion/.
“Power, Politics, & Pride: Dr. King’s Chicago Crusade.” WTTW Chicago, August 18, 2023. https://interactive.wttw.com/dusable-to-obama/dr-kings-chicago-crusade.
