Jack Macnamara

CTL-E-3509 · Person · other · 20th–21st century

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Community organizer who helped found the Contract Buyers League in 1968.

Notes

Created by CultureTechLens batch RELP79 (2026-10-06); research-complete via claims on focal entities.

Relationships

City of Chicago — based in
Jack Macnamara did his community-organizing work in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood.
City of Chicago — from
Jack Macnamara’s documented organizing career centers on Chicago.
Contract Buyers League — affiliated with
Jack Macnamara organized with and for the Contract Buyers League in North Lawndale.
Contract Buyers League — founded
Jack Macnamara assisted the League’s formation as its organizer.

Referenced by

Clyde Ross — related to → this record
Contract Buyers League — founded by → this record

Sources

Shanker Institute — The Case for Reparations on the Contract Buyers League

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