Westside Action Group
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Title
Westside Action Group
Description
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.”
Date
1972
Creator
The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project
Format
Information Sheet
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Rights Holder
The Bridges That Carried Us Over Project