1968: In Wake of King’s Slaying, Black Chicago was Cloaked In Grief, In Song

In April of 1968, an uprising lit up the West Side of Chicago in response to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Black Chicago had a special connection to the civil rights leader: Dr. King lived on the West Side in 1966, fighting along with the Chicago Freedom Movement for open housing.
Reclaimed Soul host Ayana Contreras takes us back to April of 1968, when a few Black Chicagoans (including bluesman Otis Spann) turned on tape recorders, laying their grief down in song for a track titled “A Tribute To Martin Luther King, Jr.”.

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