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May 21, 2013

Protest Against School Closings Leads to Arrests at Chicago City Hall 
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Nearly two dozen people have been arrested at Chicago's City Hall in a
protest against school closures. The demonstrators staged a sit-in to
denounce Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to close 54 public schools, mostly in
African-American neighborhoods. The sit-in followed a march of hundreds
of people in downtown Chicago. The board of the Chicago Public Schools
is slated to vote on the closure plan Wednesday.