 As early as 1966 Uptown was among the possible sites proposed for a northeast @-@ side commuter campus in the City Colleges of Chicago community college district . The Uptown site west of the Wilson Chicago Transit Authority ( CTA ) station was opposed by those concerned for the displacement of low income residents , largely blacks , southern whites and American Indians . The project was mired in heated controversy for decades . Avery v Pierce , a federal lawsuit filed in 1975 , alleged that the razing of about 3 @,@ 000 low @-@ income housing units for the development of Harry S Truman College constituted misspending of funds by the City and Chicago Housing Authority . Plaintiffs were represented by Shiller 's former campaign manager , attorney James P. Chapman of the Uptown Peoples Law Center . 
