"E.R.A.P. and How It Grew," by Richie Rothstein
Title
"E.R.A.P. and How It Grew," by Richie Rothstein
Subject
New Left and Anti-Poverty Movement
Description
This SDS pamphlet details the history and aims of its Economic Research and Action Project (E.R.A.P.), a program that tried to organize the urban white unemployed youths in several northern cities during the mid-1960s. ERAP got started in Chicago with the help of a $5000 grant from the United Auto Workers. Though this "into the ghetto" move was a practical failure for the organization, it drew many young idealists to SDS and provided critical early organizing experience. As the War in Vietnam accelerated, it overtook ERAP activism within SDS.
Creator
published by New England Free Press
Source
Roz Payne
Publisher
Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Date
1967
Format
pamphlet
Original Format
paper
Collection
Citation
published by New England Free Press, “"E.R.A.P. and How It Grew," by Richie Rothstein,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed December 4, 2024, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/532.