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Friday, March 16, 2012

so much for that idea . . . Shepherd's Temple/Anshe Kanesses coming down

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click image for larger view Lee Bey is reportin g the current owners have decided to give up the fight to save the century-old building...

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Community Clean-up Day to Save historic Shepherd's Temple- tomorrow, Sunday, March 11

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Postscript: see Lee Bey's report including photos from the Sunday cleanup. The building will be in court again today, Monday, March 1...

Monday, January 16, 2012

History Discarded, History Preserved - the different fate of two Chicago churches associated with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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In the 1960's, Chicago was one of the major battlegrounds in the struggle for civil rights led by Martin Luther King, Jr. He preached...

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