July 27, 1977 (vol. 87, iss. 52) • Page Image 5
…Wednesday, July 27, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAItLY rage lave 2,000 apply for 300 jobs in Chicago CHICAGO (AP) - The crowd of 2,000 surged into a new supermarket, hungry for work, not food. There were seven applicants for each job. "We're desperate," one black woman cried. "Desperate for jobs." "I NEED THIS JOB BAD," Bernard Meeks declared. "I've been out of work for nearly five years." This was Chicago's South Side on a day when 300 jobs, most ...…

















































