8 november 1968 & friends of the national welfare rights org, citywide welfare alliance hold benefit party

#OTD 8 November 1968 The Friends of the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO) and the Citywide Welfare Alliance (CWA) held a benefit party for both organizations at St. Marks Episcopal Church (3rd and A Sts, SE) at 8:30pm. It was a “mixed media event” featuring the Lloyd McNeill Quartet and the Georgia State Police rock group.

Your comments are welcome below. Did you, family members and neighbors attend the benefit party? Were you a member of the Friends group? Were you a member of the NWRO or the CWA? Were you a member of St. Marks? Do you have photographs and other material from this event and/or others? You may comment privately here.

Photo source: Courtesy of E. Ethelbert Miller Collection. Hilltop newspaper, 8 November 1968.