Description:
There were three locations. This chapter was active in Operation Freedom, a program which loaned money to cover bills and food costs to families in Mississippi that lost their jobs after attempting registering to vote. Julian Bond spoke to this chapter in 1966. This chapter invited Stokely Carmichael to speak in 1967. Chairman Leonard Ball spoke out against local issues. He protested white parents who organized against including African Americans in public school American history curriculum. He also exposed how Cincinnati housing policy failed to ensure that local impoverished families lived in safe apartments.
Members:
- Leonard Ball (1967 Chairman)
- Ruthie Hansen
- Roger Abrahamson
- Maurice McCracken
- Don Madison
Archive:
78 Leave Here on Summer Rights Project, The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 19, 1964
Mary Varela letter to Xavier, p. 4, Xavier University Newswire, December 14, 1962
City Will Try to Bar Brown: Race Militant isn’t Welcome, The Cincinnati Enquirer, August 12, 1967
City Can’t Bar Rap Brown Visit, Acting Solicitor Says, The Cincinnati Enquirer, August 13, 1967
Meeting Minutes for Operation Freedom, Congress of Racial Equality Records, 1941-1967, Wisconsin Historical Society
Victims of Voter Registration – A Call for Help from Mississippi, Amzie Moore Papers, 1941-1970, Wisconsin Historical Society
Incident Report, Mary E. King Papers, 1962-1999, Wisconsin Historical Society
Letter, Maurice McCrackin to Amzie Moore, Amzie Moor Papers 1941-1970, Wisconsin Historical Society
Letter, Jack McKart to Walter Tillow, Walter Tillow Papers, 1962-1966, Wisconsin Historical Society
A Need Recently Met by Operation Freedom, Social Action Vertical File, Wisconsin Historical Society
Operation Freedom Helps in Selma, Alicia Kaplow Papers, 1964-1968, Wisconsin Historical Society
One Family’s Struggle: How Operation Freedom is Helping, Social Action Vertical File, Wisconsin Historical Society
Helping Across the South, Alicia Kaplow Papers, 1964-1968, Wisconsin Historical Society
Letter to the Editor, Cincinnati Enquirer, September 26, 1966
Ministers Protest Carmichael Visit, Cincinnati Enquirer, April 20, 1967
Attempt to Mislead, Cincinnati Enquirer, July 22, 1966
Brown Treated Unfairly, Cincinnati Enquirer, March 21, 1968
SNCC Official Decries Muzzling, Cincinnati Enquirer, May 4, 1966