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“To All Responsible Citizens of Greater New Orleans”

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. New Orleans Branch, Consumers League of New Orleans, and Negro Betterment Council

Amistad Research Center

Amistad Research Center
New Orleans, United States

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.

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  • Title: “To All Responsible Citizens of Greater New Orleans”
  • Creator: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. New Orleans Branch, Consumers League of New Orleans, Negro Betterment Council
  • Subject Keywords: African Americans--civil rights--Louisiana
  • Type: document
  • Rights: Physical rights are retained by the Amistad Research Center. The materials in this exhibition are being made available for personal and scholarly research use only. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. If you are the rightful copyright holder of an item represented in this exhibition and wishes to have it removed, please submit a request to reference@amistadresearchcenter.org including proof of ownership and clear identification of the work, preferably with URL.
  • Repository: Amistad Research Center
  • Extent: 1 p.
  • Date: 1963-03-28
  • Collection: Clarie Collins Harvey papers
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