Operation Bootstrap
Operation Bootstrap (1965-1982) was a grassroots, community-based organization, that addressed political and economic issues and provided needed services to the Avalon neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles. In response to the Watts Rebellion (also known as the Watt’s Riots), Louis S. Smith, a national representative of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and Robert Hall, A Los Angeles community activist of N-VAC.(Non-Violent Action Committee), partnered under the banner “Learn Baby Learn,” derived from the Rebellion's chant of “Burn, Baby, Burn” to offer community services such as job training, remedial education and later entrepreneurship, spawning successful endeavors such as Shindana Toys.[1]
[2] Brown, C. E. (1967, December 21). How Negroes Fight Poverty in Watts, Operation Bootstrap Prepares. Jet, 16-22.
[3]Hunter, C. (1971, February 20). Black Doll is 'Natural' Success. New York Times.
[4]Black Firm Joins Toy Industry. (1969, December). Ebony, 84-91.
[5]Moore, J. (1968, July 4). A Will to Make Ideas Work. Los Angeles Sentinel.
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