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* [[Carlton McArthur]], president [[Birmingham Junior Chamber of Commerce]]
* [[Carlton McArthur]], president [[Birmingham Junior Chamber of Commerce]]
* [[Max Spivey]], president of [[West End Lions Club]]
* [[Max Spivey]], president of [[West End Lions Club]]
* [[Henry J. Williams]], principal of [[Henry C. Bryant School]]
* [[David Vann]], attorney
* [[W. M. Langston]], state director of [[Retail-Wholesale Department Store Union]]
* [[Oley Kidd]], superintendent of missions, [[Birmingham Baptist Association]]
* [[Thomas Dykes]], treasurer [[Alabama Optometric Association]]
* [[William Given Jr]], president [[Birmingham Kiwanis Club]]
* [[W. P. Baxley]], president [[Birmingham Traffic & Transportation Club]]
* [[John Grabowski]], realtor
* [[B. Campbell Blake]], president [[Connors Steel]]
* [[O. M. Duggan]], president of [[United Steelworkers Local 1489]]
* [[Robert Billings]], [[Billings Hardware Company]]
* Mrs [[B. P. Bowden]]
* [[Irving Fullington]], president [[Birmingham Federation of Teachers]]
* [[Ola Fee]], president [[Downtown Lions Club]]
* [[Roy Kracke Jr]], dentist
* [[Ewing Howell]], president [[Eastwood Optimists Club]]
* [[L. P. Compton]], [[Hynds-Compton Paint Co.]]
* [[Abraham Berkowitz]], attorney
* [[Milton Grafman]], rabbi of [[Temple Emanu-El]]
* [[Ben Key]], president of [[Speaker's Club]]
* [[Harry Brock Jr]], [[Exchange Security Bank]]
* [[Ethel Gibson]], president of the [[Zonta Club]]
* [[O. J. Reynolds]], [[Laborers & Hod Carriers International]]
* [[Steve Yates]], executive secretary [[Jefferson County Medical Society]]
* [[Charles Morgan Jr]], attorney
* [[J. Vernon Patrick Jr]], attorney
* [[H. T. Scott Jr]], secretary-treasurer of the [[Alabama State Chiropractic Association]]
* [[Joseph Volker]], vice-president [[University of Alabama Medical Center]]
* Mrs [[Harvey Hooks]], president [[Birmingham Federation of Garden Clubs]]
* [[Beverly Head Jr]], [[Hendricks & Mays]] investments
* [[Preston Haskel Jr]], [[Pratt Coal Co.]]
* [[E. M. Friend]], attorney
* [[B. Roper Dial]], manager at [[Sears Roebuck & Co.]]
* [[Joel Boykin]], dentist
* [[Robert Crowder]], research director for [[Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]]
* [[Bernice Johnson]], educator
* [[L. S. Gaillard Jr]], contractor
* [[Howard Gregg]], president of [[Daniel Payne College]]
* [[A. G. Gaston]], president of [[Booker T. Washington Insurance Agency]]
* [[S. Richardson Hill]], dean of the [[Medical College of Alabama]]
* [[Peter A. Hall]], attorney
* [[Milton Durrett]], president of the [[Alabama Restaurant Association]]
* [[William Brannon]], secretary of the [[Democratic Executive Committee of Jefferson County]]
* [[Louise Branscomb]], physician
* [[Rudolph Hubbard]], executive secretary [[Civitans International]]
* [[Elbert Hobson]], [[Hobson Roofing Co.]]
* [[William Echols Jr]], president [[Birmingham Eastwood Kiwanis Club]]
* [[James Lee Jr]], president of [[Buffalo Rock]]
* [[Tom King]], president of [[East End Optimists Club]]
* [[W. R. J. Dunn Jr]], president of [[Dunn Construction]]
* [[Henry Goodrich]], vice-president of [[Rust Engineering]]
* [[William Engel]], [[Engel Agencies]]
* [[A. A. Billingsley]], vice-president of [[Crestwood Optimists Club]]
* [[Ferd Weil]], president of [[Birmingham Downtown Action Committee]]
* [[Arthur Shores]], attorney
* [[Robert Woodrow]], president of [[Jefferson County Co-ordinating Council]]
* [[W. Landon Miller]], pastor of [[Ruhama Baptist Church]]
* [[J. L. Ware]], president of [[Birmingham Ministerial Association]]
* [[James Permutt]], co-chair of the executive committee of the [[National Conference of Christians and Jews]]
* [[Mason Moore]], [[United Steelworkers of America]]
* [[C. W. Phillips]], former [[Jefferson County Schools]] assistant superintendent
* [[Herbert Pauly]], president of [[Ensley Rotary Club]]
* [[Herbert Smith Jr]], president of [[Vulcan Rivet & Bolt Corp.]]
* [[E. W. Taggart]], dentist
* [[John Nixon]], dentist
* [[B. A. Monaghan Jr]], president of [[Vulcan Materials]]
* [[Johnny Wallis]], president of [[Downtown Optimists Club]]
* [[Donald Stafford]], president [[Birmingham Labor Council]] AFL-CIO
* [[D. P. Stroup]], president of [[West Hills Lions Club]]
* [[George Plaisance]], state manager [[Marcal Paper]]
* [[Stewart Wiggin]], president [[East Lake Lions Club]]
* [[Abie Milton]], [[Milton's Department Store]]
* [[Angelo Paradiso]], attorney
* [[George Murphree]], vice president of [[Bank for Savings]]
* [[Clyde Wade]], vice president [[Hinkle Supply Co.]]
* [[Frank Wade]], ''[[The Catholic Week]]''
* [[Sidney Mazer]], president of the [[Birmingham Furniture Association]]
* [[Robert Weatherly]], retired management consultant
* [[Bill Shaw Jr]], president of the [[Young Men's Business Club]]
* [[N. Manly Yeilding Jr]], president of the [[Breakfast Optimists Club]]
* [[Thomas Crawford]], assistant to president of [[United Mine Workers District 20]]
* [[Robert Jemison III]], president of the [[Exchange Club of Birmingham]]
* [[Audie Mays]], [[Alpha Portland Cement Co.]]
* [[Hall Thompson]], [[Thompson Tractor Company]]
* Mrs [[Arthur Benson]], past-president [[Women's Civic Club]]
* [[O. N. Todd Jr]], pastor of [[Pentecostal Holiness Church]]
* [[George Brownell]], [[Brownell Tours]]
* [[James Adams]], president of [[Birmingham Architects Association]]
* [[John Schmarky]], attorney
* [[Margaret Oliver]], president of the [[League of Business & Professional Women]]
* [[Calvin McCulloh]], president of the [[Shades Valley Optimists Club]]
* [[James Morgan]], president of [[Molton, Allen & Williams]]
* Mrs [[James Quarles]], president of [[Junior League of Birmingham]]
* [[Morton Wallack]], rabbi of [[Temple Beth-El]]
* Mrs [[Donald Collins]], president of the [[Service Guild of Birmingham]]
* [[H. A. Brice Jr]], secretary-treasurer of [[Brice Building Company]]
* [[Virginia Bryan]]
* [[William Acker Jr]], attorney
* [[Jake Antonio Jr]], president of [[Woodlawn Lions Club]]
* [[Joe Aloia]], president of [[North Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]]
* [[John Henley III]], president of [[Birmingham Publishing Co.]]
* [[William Hulsey]], president of [[Garber, Cook & Hulsey]]
* Mrs [[G. C. Boner]], president [[Women's Chamber of Commerce]]
* [[Jack Callaway]], [[Jax Seed & Hardware Co.]]
* Mrs [[John Baird]], president of [[Junior Women's Civic Club]]
* [[Walter Bouldin]], president of [[Alabama Power Company]]
* [[Mark Hodo]], president of [[City Federal Savings & Loan Association]]
* Mrs [[Edwin Griffis]], president [[Birmingham PTA Council]]
* [[Oscar Adams Jr]], attorney
* [[George Harduvel]], [[Round Table Restaurant]]
* [[J. E. Ward]], business representative [[Plumbers & Steam Fitters Union Local 91]]
* [[Morris Sher]], president [[King Kredit Clothing Co.]]
* [[Howard Strevel]], international representative [[United Steel Workers]]
* [[Denson Franklin]], pastor of [[First Methodist Church]]
* [[A. V. Weibel]], president of [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co.]]
* [[George Peach Taylor]], attorney
* [[Amos Kirby]], [[Carraway Methodist Hospital]]
* [[Frank Lankford]], attorney
* [[W. S. Pritchard]], attorney
* [[S. D. Moxley]]
==References==
* Logue, Mickey (July 17, 1963) "[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/BPLSB02/id/3013 After initial session— Committee called forward step for city]" {{BN}} - via {{BPLDC}}
* "[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/cdm/ref/collection/BPLSB02/id/3015 Committee from all walks of life]" (July 17, 1963)  {{BN}} - via {{BPLDC}}
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Revision as of 15:08, 26 August 2016

Birmingham's Community Affairs Committee was formed on July 16, 1963 and charged with improving race relations in Birmingham following the Birmingham Campaign of the previous spring. The group was later merged into Operation New Birmingham.

As initially formed, the committee consisted of 212 members, of whom 23 were African-American. Southern Bell vice-president Frank Newton was the first chair.

Charter members

References

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