Contract Buyers League founding (1968)

CTL-E-3510 · Event · founding · 1968

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The founding of the Contract Buyers League (1968), the North Lawndale organization that fought contract selling.

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

Referenced by

Clyde Ross — initiated → this record

Sources

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

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