Westside Action Group
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Title
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Westside Action Group
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Description
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In 1972, Hardy Brown and Bob Parker founded the Westside Action Group (WAG) with the mission of becoming a political action organization to influence the political and economic agenda for the Black community in San Bernardino, CA. The organization began as a gathering of Black men at Checkers Cafe on Mount Vernon and Goodlett Street in San Bernardino. Bob Parker, WAG’s pioneering co-founder, and its first president, said in the first news article on June 8, 1972, “The group was formed out of necessity. The community has suffered because elected officials quickly forgotten campaign promises made to individuals.”
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Date
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1972
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Creator
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The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project
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Information Sheet
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Rights
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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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Rights Holder
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The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project
Westside Action Group