The “Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work” campaign began in Chicago with the picketing of chain stores on the South Side, demanding fair employment opportunities for Black workers. The movement, emphasizing economic activism, quickly spread to cities like New York, Cleveland, and Los Angeles, and persisted throughout the Great Depression. It marked a significant moment in grassroots civil rights organizing and Black economic empowerment.
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