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'''Nancy B. Jefferson'''

==Harold Washington Transition Committee==
In 1983, [[Nancy Jefferson]], Executive Director, Midwest Community Council served on the incoming Chicago Mayor [[Harold Washington]]'s transition oversight Committee.<ref>Harold Washington Oversight Committee: List of Members</ref>

==New Mayor and New Politics==

On May 17 1983 Nancy Jefferson was a Panelist on [[A New Mayor and New Politics]] forum at Chicago State University Auditorium.

:''The election of Harold Washington as Mayor of Chicago was more than one man's victory. It was a progressive people's declaration. The Black community and progressive Latinos and whites formed an unbetable force in a campaign for justice and equality.''

Panelist were [[Paul Booth]], [[Juanita Bratcher]], [[David Cantor]], [[Slim Coleman]], [[Danny Davis]], [[Keith Davis]], [[Ron Davis]], [[Ishmael Flory]], Rev [[Harry Gibson]], Nancy Jefferson, [[Richard Newhouse]], [[Lu Palmer]], [[Art Vasquez]], [[Conrad Worrill]] sponsored by [[Black Press Institute]] and [[Independent Citizens Alliance]]<ref>A Forum Pamphlet Harold Washington Papers</ref>.

==Tribute to Golub and Montgomery==
On November 16, 1989, [[Nancy Jefferson]] served on the Tribute Committee for the [[Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights]] Tribute to [[Leon Golub]] and [[Lucy Montgomery]], held at the Congress Hotel, Chicago.<ref>Tribute to Golub and Montgomery: Program, Nov. 16, 1989</ref>

==Chicago Area Friends of SNCC==

In 2005 [[Chicago Area Friends of SNCC]] organized the "Tell the Story: The Chicago SNCC History Project, 1960-1965" Chicago Area Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Chicago Civil Rights Movement, c. 1960-1965. The event was held October 21-22, 2005 Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois.

The committee listed several people in "memoriam" including [[Nancy Jefferson]].<ref>http://www.ben.edu/programs/cafsncc/</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Harold Washington Transition Committee]]
[[Category:Chicago Area Friends of SNCC]]
[[Category:A New Mayor and New Politics]]