1935
Future
Outlook League
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Future Outlook League founded by John O. Holly in Cleveland; becomes the first local black organization to successfully utilize the boycott.
F.O.L.
Woolworth Strike
John
O. Holly and his Future Outlook League held a strike at a local Woolworth’s.
The strike was a call for a boycott of businesses in Cleveland that sold
products in African-American neighborhoods but did not hire African-American
workers. Carl was inspired by John Holly’s work and would eventually
go to John Holly as a young adult for political advice and work.
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History- Future Outlook League
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History- Future Outlook League