Rabbi Robert J. Marx <P.O. Box 409, Glencoe, IL 60022> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997
(note: During Dr. Martin Luther Kings integration campaigns in Chicago, Rabbi Marx would speak to the crowds to warm them up before Dr. King spoke. In Chicago, we call Rabbi Marx, "Martin Luther King's rabbi".)
Dear Chancellor Broski:
Is there still a chance to save a portion of Maxwell Street?
This site holds so many historical memories for so many people that it would be a real loss were it to be obliterated. The market area deserves a kinder fate. Like Beale Street in Memphis, parts of the market can surely be saved.
I pray that the University of Illinois will find it possible to incorporate a Maxwell Street Historic Preservation District into its own development plans.
Sincerely yours,
Robert J. Marx, Rabbi
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