“To All Responsible Citizens of Greater New Orleans”

In the early 1930s, a series of Buy Where You Can Work campaigns sprung up in various cities, including Washington, DC; Baltimore, Maryland, and others. This type of protest called for African Americans to boycott white-owned businesses that engaged in discriminatory hiring practices. The success of these campaigns was inconsistent; gains in African American job opportunities were likely more directly related to New Deal legislation that opened up employment, as well as employment shortages during World War II. However, this type of protest continued as a tactic used in several cities during the Civil Rights Movement. This flyer advertises a meeting focused on such a campaign in New Orleans as late as the early 1960s.