James Hale Porter

CTL-E-1987 · Person · activist · 1920s–1930s

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Chicago community activist; with Joseph D. Bibb and A.C. MacNeal he created the 1929 'Don't Spend Your Money Where You Can't Work' campaign. Porter — the more militant, activist-minded of the trio — convinced the even-headed legal strategist Bibb of the movement's necessity.

Notes

RELP49 new supporting entity (2026-10-06): endpoint for initiated → CTL-E-1343 and associated_with → Bronzeville.

Relationships

• "Don't Spend Your Money Where You Can't Work" campaign — initiated
  James Hale Porter convinced Joseph D. Bibb of the movement's necessity and was one of the three creators of the 1929 campaign.
• Bronzeville — associated with
  James Hale Porter was the Chicago community activist who drove the South Side 'Don't Spend' campaign.

Sources

• Opie, Southern Food and Civil Rights — 'The Chicago Movement'

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