19th Ward Chicago: Rainbow Beach

Friday, August 12, 2011

Rainbow Beach

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A new landmark will be dedicated this weekend to mark the 50th anniversary of efforts to integrate Rainbow Beach on the South Side.

During the summers of 1960 and 1961, demonstrators staged "wade-ins" at Rainbow Beach to protest segregation.

Organizers of Saturday's dedication ceremony say mobs used violence to keep black visitors from using the beach.

Protest leaders Norman and Velma Hill were seriously injured on Aug. 28, 1960 when they tried to use the beach as part of the "wade-in." The beach was integrated the following summer.

Velma Hill says the "wade-ins" inspired people across the city to work against discrimination.

A plaque honoring the demonstration will be installed on the lakefront.

1 comment:

Anonymous8/12/2011
This really is about the day Chicago died.
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