The Woodlawn Organization

CTL-E-0294 · Organization · civic · 1960–present

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South Side community organization formed in 1960 to fight displacement and racial discrimination in Woodlawn.

The record

Also known as: TWO

Relationships

Bishop Arthur M. Brazier — founded by
Brazier was one of the founders of, and spokesman for, TWO formed in 1960 (Nonprofit Quarterly; The Chicago Reporter)
Woodlawn — located in
The Woodlawn Organization is a South Side community organization formed in 1960 to fight displacement and racial discrimination in Woodlawn.

Sources

The Chicago Reporter — Woodlawn: A battle, a truce and new alliances
University of Chicago Library — Center for Urban Studies records (primary source)

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Apartment houses and funeral parlor in Negro section of Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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