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Albert Raby, leader of the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (CCCO), asked the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to join them in a fair housing campaign in Chicago.
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Operation Breadbasket targeted companies that operated in predominantly black areas, but refused to hire black employees.
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Dr. King and the SCLC announced plans for a Chicago Freedom Movement, which meant an expansion of their activism to a Northern city.
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Demonstrators were met with racially-fueled violence. Bottles and bricks were thrown at demonstrators, with even Dr. King being hit in the head with a rock.
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The Mayor of Chicago, Richard Daley, wanted to being an end to the demonstrations. An agreement between Dr. King, the Chicago Housing Authority, and the Mortgage Bankers Association agreed to make mortgages available, regardless of race or neighborhood, and to build public housing in predominantly white areas.