A.C. MacNeal

CTL-E-1989 · Person · journalist · 1920s–1930s

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Managing editor of the Chicago Whip and member of the NAACP executive committee; co-creator of the 1929 'Don't Spend Your Money Where You Can't Work' campaign, with James Hale Porter the more militant and activist-minded of its organizers.

Notes

RELP49 new supporting entity (2026-10-06): endpoint for founded_by ← CTL-E-1343 and affiliated_with → NAACP Chicago Branch.

Relationships

• "Don't Spend Your Money Where You Can't Work" campaign launched (1929) — initiated
  A.C. MacNeal, with Porter and Bibb, created the 1929 campaign.
• NAACP Chicago Branch — affiliated with
  A.C. MacNeal sat on the NAACP executive committee while serving as the Chicago Whip's managing editor.

Referenced by

• "Don't Spend Your Money Where You Can't Work" boycott pickets on 47th Street — related to → this record
• "Don't Spend Your Money Where You Can't Work" campaign — founded by → this record

Sources

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

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