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Mayor Walter Washington, Marion Barry and U.S. Secretary of Labor Willard B. Wirtz

Washington Star Collection © Washington Post1967-11-01

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Washington, D.C.

Mayor Walter Washington, Marion Barry and U.S. Secretary of Labor Willard B. Wirtz sign a contract with Pride, Inc.
Future D.C. Mayor Marion Barry and fellow activists Mary Treadwell, Carroll Harvey, and Rufus "Catfish" Mayfield co-founded Pride, Inc., in summer 1967. The successful jobs and training program for unemployed teens and young adults became a model for Barry’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), which exists today.

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  • Title: Mayor Walter Washington, Marion Barry and U.S. Secretary of Labor Willard B. Wirtz
  • Creator: Washington Star Collection © Washington Post
  • Date Created: 1967-11-01
  • Location Created: Washington, D.C.
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