This Week’s History Thread

Welcome to this week’s History Thread! Today’s header image shows Martin Luther King Jr. recoiling from a rock during his Chicago Campaign protesting unfair housing in the Windy City on August 5th, 1966. King was shocked by the vehemence of racism he encountered in Chicago, telling a reporter that whites in that city could teach Mississippi how to hate.

Today’s prompt: Historical events that you think should be better-known.