Citizens for New Columbia
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Citizens for New Columbia collection
Collection
Identifier: MS2383
Abstract
Citizens for New Columbia was a statehood advocacy group active in the early 1990s that actively supported statehood for D.C. The group was a pro-statehood grass-roots group working to promote citizen participation using civil disobedience and congressional lobbying in advance of the initial House vote. Prominent members of the group included former mayors of Washington D.C. Sharon Pratt and Walter Washington, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Senator Jesse L. Jackson, and Senator...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1993-1994; 1930, 1982 - 1994
