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  • Tags: economic development

Urban coalition on CSD Bill1.JPG
This is a collection of documents related to economic development and the Community Self-Determination Bill. Materials include a report from Urban Coalition, press releases, a miscellaneous document related to income inequality, and a letter from…

Constitutional Conv Minutes March 68 pg1.JPG
Minutes from Sub-Committee of CORE constitutional convention. Includes discussion on chapter resources, glossary of terms, Sunflower theory for black economic development, CORE debt, concern over "white funding", and restructuring CORE.

Baltimore tcp pic gas station youth program.JPG
Various materials related to Baltimore CORE's activities and National CORE's Black Power Project

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Kelso's film on Second Income is broken down here into individual images. The full film is available under the audio/visual section of this website. An album also accompanies the film. Workshop leaders play the album and film together.

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Newspaper articles discuss income inequality and economic discrimination. Some discussion of Cleveland Target City Project and Ford Foundation assistance.

Michigan CDC EEDCO1.JPG
A similar community development corporation emerged in Michigan. The CDC ran businesses which employed local community people. The CDC also worked on housing access for low income residents.

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This document outlines the basis for CORE's request to take black power to its next phase. The document was written by Antoine Perot and edited by Ruth (Turner) Perot

CORENCO news articles.pdf
The memorandum from Philip Carter to Will Ussery addresses the Leland Schubert contribution and notes that the Cleveland TCP will serve as a clearinghouse for all research on economic development. The second item is a memo from Jack Olive (a…

CORENCO Full Proposal.pdf
A proposal drafted by CORE to create the basis for a national community development corporation.

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Newsletter outlining CORENCO/CORE efforts to partner with Warner & Swasey to bring manufacturing into the black community.