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