Chicago Black United Communities (CBUC)

CTL-E-1232 · Organization · political · 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Black political education and voter-mobilization infrastructure: classes modeled on Panther programs, a 50+ organization coalition, and trained organizers deployed for independent Black electoral power Geography: Chicago, Illinois (South Side)

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from INST-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-INST-001:INST-020; source research type(s): political_organization.

Sources

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/lutrelle-lu-f-palmer-ii
https://researchrepository.ucd.ie/server/api/core/bitstreams/a690cb16-4a48-453e-8b29-d46224da2510/content
https://www.thevalleymedia.com/the-fire-last-time-barack-obama-and-the-politics-of-counter-revolution/
https://www.patreon.com/posts/after-choosing-115564065
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-150/issue-109/house-section/article/H7187-7

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