the LITTLE-KNOWN history Jeff fort’s activism in the 196os: king of the north

Explore Mr. Fort’s activism in the 1960s. In the book King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr's Life of Struggle Outside the South by Professor Jeanne Theoharis, Jeff Fort appears as a notable local figure during Martin Luther King Jr.’s activism in Chicago. At the time, Fort was a prominent Chicago street organizer and community activist. Professor Theoharis discusses more about Mr. Fort’s work with Dr. King in her most recent article: The Martin Luther King Jr. We Don’t Know.