Park Forest IL is a suburb south of Chicago that sprang up after WWII as a place for veterans and their families. But in the early 1960s, Park Forest distinguished itself in a remarkable way. Its leaders did not resist integration; they facilitated it. A new documentary shows the path toward inclusion that #suburbs could have traveled. https://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/a-new-doc-looks-back-at-park-forests-racial-integration-efforts/
A New Doc Looks Back at Park Forest’s Racial Integration Efforts

‘Revisiting Utopia’ details the village’s unorthodox plan and its lasting effects on those who grew up there.

Chicago Magazine