Crusade for Voters (Richmond, Va.)
Biographical notes:
The Richmond Crusade for Voters was founded in 1956, and grew out of The Council to Save Public Schools, a Richmond organization formed to fight a January 1956 law which allowed cities in Virginia the option of closing public schools rather than integrating them. The three co-founders of the Crusade were Dr. William S. Thornton, Dr. William Ferguson Reid, and John M. Brooks. These three men founded the Richmond Crusade for Voters with the goal of "increasing effective black participation in Richmond's political process" (Nov-Dec 1988 edition of Richmond Surroundings). The Crusade's mission is "...to increase the voting strength of the population of the city of Richmond and to improve the moral, social, economic, educational and general welfare of our people" ("Richmond Free Press," January 1, 1994).
From the description of Richmond Crusade for Voters archives, 1953-1995 (James Branch Cabell Library). WorldCat record id: 144666927
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Subjects:
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Voting
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- Virginia--Richmond (as recorded)
- Richmond (Va.) (as recorded)
