Citizens Action Program records, 1970-1974

  • IdentificationMSCAP_75
  • TitleCitizens Action Program records MSCAP_75
  • PublisherSpecial Collections
  • LanguageEnglish
  • RepositorySpecial Collections
  • Physical Description5.0 Linear feet
  • Date1970-1974
  • AbstractThe Citizens Action Program was formed in 1970 by veterans of the Industrial Areas Foundation as the Campaign Against Pollution to protest contamination from Commonwealth Edison. The Citizens Action Program Records include annual reports, memoranda, agendas, posters, leaflets, broadsides, press releases, by-laws, newsletters, reports, and minutes related to the group's activities from 1970-1972.
  • OriginationCitizens Action Program (Chicago, Ill.).

Old Resource ID was CAP

The Citizens Action Program was formed in 1970 by veterans of the Industrial Areas Foundation as the Campaign Against Pollution to protest contamination from Commonwealth Edison. In 1971, after success in sponsoring anti-pollution ordinances, the organization changed its name to Citizens Action Program to reflect its organizational growth and its advocacy of other issues like redlining. It merged in 1974 with National Consumers United when CAP began to address consumer issues. The group's most successful campaign was its opposition to a proposed cross-town expressway, when CAP managed to force the issue into the election debates in 1972.

The Citizens Action Program Records include annual reports, memoranda, agendas, posters, leaflets, broadsides, press releases, by-laws, newsletters, reports, and minutes related to the group's activities from 1970-1972.

Citizens Action Program records, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago

  • NamesCitizens Action Program (Chicago, Ill.). -- Archives
  • Subject
    • Discrimination in mortgage loans.
    • Public schools--Corrupt practices.
    • Real property tax.
    • Zoning law.
  • Geographic Coverage
    • Illinois--Chicago.
    • Illinois--Cook County.