Lessons from Buffalo

A 17-page assessment and personal story of the organizing drive and first campaigns of BUILD - an all African-American power organization started in Buffalo NY in the mid 1960’s – and of a white “friends” organization following Martin Luther King’s murder in ’68.

NAMES:

Harmon, Dick
Sinclair, Tom
Schneider, Steve
Galdston, Ken
Burkhardt, Carol
Sweeney, Bob

ORGANIZATIONS:

BUILD (Build Unity Integration Leadership Democracy)
UCO (United Citizens Organization)
CAUSE

TIMEFRAME:

1966-1969

LOCATION(S):

Buffalo, New York

ISSUES MENTIONED:

Education
Construction
Housing
Redlining
Sponsoring Committees
Founding Events
Recognition
Organizer/Leadership Training

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

Catholic Churches
Protestant Churches
Race
Electoral Politics
Labor Unions

ARCHIVES:

Richard (Dick) Harmon's complete archives - including the orginal of this document as well as audio interviews and videos - are available at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland, Oregon.