Transcription of caption: April 25, 1970 -- Evangelist Rev. Tom Skinner came to SCLC's Operation Breadbasket Saturday meeting to share the Good News to the live and radio audience that Jesus was a revolutionary feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and visiting those in prison. Rev. Skinner's intense message stirred the whole audience to the challenge to join the struggle for the liberation of black and poor people. (SCLC photo by JOLP)
Reverend Ed Riddick, National Research Director of SCLC Operation Breadbasket, is shown welcoming attorney Jewel Lafontant to an Operation Breadbasket meeting.
Transcription of caption: Oct. 3, 1970 -- Rev. Ed Riddick, National Research Director of SCLC Operation Breadbasket, (standing above) welcomes Attorney Jewel Lafontant, Candidate for Judge of the Illinois Appellate Court, to the weekly SCLC Operation Breadbasket meeting. Joining Mrs. Lafontant at the Breadbasket are Mr. Lewis and Mr. Coles, Black Union Leaders of Local 1109, Retail, Wholesale Clerks. (SCLC Photo)
Jesse Jackson, actor William Marshall, and Black Labor leaders are shown standing and clapping hands behind a podium at an Operation Breadbasket meeting.
Transcription of caption: August 29, 1970 -- Black Labor Leaders unite at SCLC Operation Breadbasket meeting with actor, William Marshall. Shown above (l to r) are Bill Gilkey, candidate for President of United DUOC Local 777, Chicago cab drivers; Rev. Jesse Jackson; Charles Hayes, Chairman of SCLC Operation Breadbasket Black Labor Leaders; Alfred Holloway, candidate for Trustee for United DUOC Local 777; Rev. Mrs. Willie Barrow, SCLC Operation Breadbasket; and William Marshall. (SCLC Photo by PRH)
Transcription of caption: Oct. 3, 1970 -- Rev. C. Hiram Melson, newly appointed Program Organizer and Administrative Assistant to the National Director by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, takes his position of leadership as the director of the general program of the weekly Breadbasket meeting held at the Capitol Theatre, 7941 S. Halsted, on Saturday mornings.
Transcription of caption: Sec. Fletcher Comes To Breadbasket -- Asst. Sec. of Labor Arthur Fletcher is shown addressing this past Saturday's SCLC-Operation Breadbasket meeting. Fletcher, who was the Labor department's chief investigator in this past Fall's Chicago hearings into the construction industry explained how Black people must demand their share of the jobs that will develop during the 70's. (SCLC Photo by FCFJR)
Senator Charles Percy is shown speaking at an Operation Breadbasket meeting. Seated behind him are Southern Christian Leadership Conference members and others.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Health and hygiene
Transcription of caption: March 14, 1970 -- Sen. Charles Percy reports to the Breadbasket Saturday meeting that he has joined Dr. Andrew Thomas and the Health Division of SCLC's Operation Breadbasket in the health struggle to provide adequate medical care at Cook County Hospital and through neighborhood health clinics. Joining Sen. Percy at the meeting are (l. to r. seated) Gus Savage, 3rd Congressional District Candidate; Rosa Parks who sparked the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott; Rev. D.E. King, Breadbasket Executive Committee and pastor of Monumental Baptist Church; Congressman John Conyers of Detroit; Rev. Jesse L. Jackson; Rev. Calvin S. Morris, Associate Director; and Odetta who brought the whole audience to their feet with her singing.
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Meetings, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Health and hygiene
Transcription of caption: August 22, 1970 -- Dempsey Travis, President of the Sivart Mortgage Company, tells the live and radio audiences of the SCLC Operation Breadbasket Saturday meeting of the support given by three black financial institutions: Seaway National Bank, Chicago Metropolitan Mutual Assurance Company, and Supreme Life Insurance Company; to aid the Contract Buyers League members get mortgage money for their homes. Travis has spearheaded the drive to secure such mortgage funds in Chicago, New York, and Washington at the request of Rev. Jesse Jackson and CBL members.
Transcription of caption: September 5, 1970 -- Young John Watson, son of departing SCLC Operation Breadbasket orchestra member John Watson, follows in the footsteps of his father by playing trombone with the Breadbasket orchestra at the weekly Saturday meeting of SCLC Operation Breadbasket. Young Watson's father is joining Count Basie's Orchestra. Ben Branch, Director of the Breadbasket Orchestra, praised father and son for their musical talent and the dedication in the Breadbasket Orchestra. (SCLC Photo by Janice Tang)
Subject
African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, African American musicians, Meetings, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Employment
Samuel C. Jackson, assistant secretary for Metropolitan Planning and Development of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is shown speaking during an Operation Breadbasket meeting.
Transcription of caption: April 25, 1970 -- Hon. Samuel C. Jackson, Assistant Secretary for Metropolitan Planning and Development of the Department of Housing and Urban Development spoke to the live and radio audience at SCLC's Operation Breadbasket's Saturday meeting and said that the federal government was responding to the plight of Contract Buyers Le members to change their unfair housing contracts to fair mortgages. Asst. Secretary Jackson met with mortgage banker, Dempsey Travis; Rev. Jesse L. Jackson; and CBL leaders, Sid Clarck and Arthur Green. (SCLC Photo by Chris Holmes)
Transcription of caption: SCLC Sponsors "Passion Play" -- Black Easter 1970 is on it's way with the rehearsals of the 41st Annual Willa Saunders Jones Passion Play, sponsored by SCLC's Operation Breadbasket. Shown on the stage at this past Saturdays Operation Breadbasket meeting are Willa Saunders Jones and members of her cast giving a brief sketch from the play. The Play which will be held at the Auditorium Theatre, March 27, 28, 29, is a part of SCLC's Black Easter Celebration. Tickets are available now at the Black Easter Center 5036 S. State. For further information call 924-3608 or 924-3609. (SCLC Photo)
Subject
Civil rights movements, Meetings, African Americans--Civil rights, African American entertainers
