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The Tuskegee Civic Association, whose offices were located here, grew out of The Men’s Meeting of the 1920s and the Tuskegee Men’s Club of the 1930s. On April 13, 1941, seeking greater effectiveness and broader inclusion, the club amended its constitution and became The Tuskegee Civic Association, or TCA. The organization concentrated on civic education, voter registration, political education, community welfare, and economic education. After Tuskegee’s all-white city government tried to disenfranchise black voters by gerrymandering the city limits, the TCA launched a city-wide selective buying campaign, Trade With Your Friends. State of Alabama officials responded immediately with efforts to suppress the campaign by discouraging and discrediting its members. By the end of July 1957, state attorney-general and future governor John Patterson had led multiple raids against the TCA offices. The TCA continued its successful boycott until 1960.
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