For decades, North Lawndale has been slipping into weedy neglect. In 1966, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. moved his wife and four children into a dilapidated apartment here to highlight housing inequalities in Northern cities.

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For decades, North Lawndale has been slipping into weedy neglect. In 1966, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. moved his wife and four children into a dilapidated apartment here to highlight housing inequalities in Northern cities.
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