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