Bluesman Jimmie Lee Robinson Ends Maxwell Street Hunger Strike After 81 Days.

Chicago, Friday, December 22, 2000

For the sake of his friends and family, legendary blues artist and Maxwell Street native Jimmie Lee Robinson has ended his fast protesting the destruction of Maxwell Street. He began the fast on August 17, 2000. Jimmie Lee has been a fervent supporter of the movement to save Maxwell Street from destruction by the University of Illinois at Chicago. Read his poignant statement about the strike and his reasons for ending it.


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