Flyer reads: The People's Poverty Board invites YOU to a Mass Meeting. Jobs! Housing! Education! Recreation! Get them NOW! Place: Greater Holy Temple Church, Time: 7:30, Monday, October 24, 1405 W. Dublin, Urbana. Source: Champaign County Historical Archives, Urban League Papers

Flyer advertising upcoming Urban Renewal and Economic Opportunity Council meetings. Flyer produced and distributed by People's Poverty Board.
 Source: Champaign County Historical Archives, Urban League Papers.

Flyer advertising upcoming Urban Renewal and Economic Opportunity Council meetings. Flyer produced and distributed by People's Poverty Board.  Source: Champaign County Historical Archives, Urban League Papers.
 

The People's Poverty Board was a civil rights organization in Champaign-Urbana that existed from the 1960s. It is unknown the exact dates when this organization began and ended, and who directed this community group over time.

John Lee Johnson , Roy Williams , and  Peter Rasmussen helped lead the People's Poverty Board at one time.

External Links

STATEMENT OF THE PEOPLE 'S POVERTY BOARD CONCERNING REPRESENTATION OF THE POOR ON THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL, ca. 1966 peoples_poverty_board.pdf

Members of the People's Poverty Board edited a newspaper called The Plain Truth. Duration is unknown. In Plain Truth_1968.pdf

Sources for page: eBlackCU  

More than a Bus Ride: Segregagating Champaign Schools, Franklin Middle School Girls' Radio Documentary Project