he first black to serve in a presidential cabinet, and Constance Baker Motley becomes the first black woman to be named a federal judge.In February, King and his family move into a tenement apartment in Chicago to initiate the Chicago Project. The SCLC joins forces with Al Raby's Coordinating Council of Community Organizations. King meets with Black Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad in Chicago.On May 4, more than 80 percent of Alabama's registered blacks vote in the Alabama Democratic primary. The first major black vote since Reconstruction causes sheriffs James Clark of Selma and Al Lingo of Birmingham to lose their offices.James Meredith is shot on June 6 - the first day of his 220 mile "March Against Fear" from Memphis, Tennessee to Jackson, Mississippi. King and other civil rights leaders decide to continue the march. In Greenwood, Mississippi, Stokely Carmichael, the newly elected head of SNCC, and Willie Ricks use the slogan "Black Power" for the first time in front of reporters.Designating July 10 "Freedom Sunday", King initiates a drive to make Chicago an "open city", demanding an end to discrimination in housing, schools and employment.Rioting erupts on Chicago's West Side on July 12. Two black youths are killed. King begins negotiations with Mayor Richard Daley. Illinois governor Otto Kerner orders four thousand National Guardsmen to Chicago.On August 5, King is assaulted with stones as he leads marchers through Chicago's Southwest Side. SNCC and CORE march on Chicago's Cicero suburb on September 4. King and SCLC do not participate. Two hundred blacks, protected by National Guardsmen, are fiercely attacked and forced to retreat.1967On February 15, President Johnson proposes the 1967 Civil Rights Act to Congress, including a strong open-housing provision. The bill does not pass, but similar provisions are later incorporated in the 1968 Civil Rights Act.At a news conference in New York on April 16, King warns that at least ten citie...
