| Title: |
Johnnie Tillmon
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
California State University, Long Beach. Virtual Oral/Aural History Archive
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| Collection: |
Women's History: Welfare Mothers, Welfare Rights
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| Description: |
Johnnie Tillmon began her work as a leading activist for poor women in 1963, when she helped to found ANC Mothers Anonymous of Watts, the first grass roots welfare mothers organization in the country. She played key roles in the later formation of both the California Welfare Rights Organization (CRWO) and the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), and eventually became executive director of NWRO.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Tillmon, Johnnie
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Scott, AR; Arkansas; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Activist; Director
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Mothers; North America; Oral history; Public welfare--United States; United States; Welfare recipients--United States; Welfare rights movement--United States
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0035439-39005
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