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Cecile Cooper newspaper clippings, 1964-1998

Article: ""Relations Unit Plans Activities"" Continued

“We thought is was just wonderful that six denominations were represented on that trip.  It what marvelous.  You know, it’s rather dangerous down there.”
	Mrs. Cooper helped organize Team Action for Civil Liberties (TACL), a now not too-active group composed of young people which she hopes “to get young again soon.” 
	Before the August, 1963 March on Washington, she helped organize a local rally which served to herald the national even in the Quad cities.  Sponsored by several groups and churches, it was called “the largest and most broadly backed civil rights rally to be held in the area.”  More than 200 signs were made and carried in the summer parade.
	Mrs. Cooper is the aunt of Simon Estes, the bass-baritone who won third place in men’s vocal competition in Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.  When he performed in the Quad-Cities recently, she helped organize that project, with the proceeds going to her church.
	“We make money, yes.  But it’s the fellowship that makes it all so wonderful,” she said quietly.
	

United World Federalists, the United Nations Association, and the Quad-City Negro Heritage Society. She is May Fellowship Chairman for United Church Women and has worked with WICS, a group composed of women of all faiths, in screening applicants for the Job Corps. In connection with her work, she is a member of the National Hairdressers Association and a charter member of Alpha Phi Chi Pi hairdressers sorority. 
	And things keep cropping up for Mrs. Cooper. When a group organized to collect food and clothing for the mis-placed Mississippi Negroes, she went along on the trip South to deliver the goods.

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“We thought is was just wonderful that six denominations were represented on that trip. It what marvelous. You know, it’s rather dangerous down there.” Mrs. Cooper helped organize Team Action for Civil Liberties (TACL), a now not too-active group composed of young people which she hopes “to get young again soon.” Before the August, 1963 March on Washington, she helped organize a local rally which served to herald the national even in the Quad cities. Sponsored by several groups and churches, it was called “the largest and most broadly backed civil rights rally to be held in the area.” More than 200 signs were made and carried in the summer parade. Mrs. Cooper is the aunt of Simon Estes, the bass-baritone who won third place in men’s vocal competition in Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. When he performed in the Quad-Cities recently, she helped organize that project, with the proceeds going to her church. “We make money, yes. But it’s the fellowship that makes it all so wonderful,” she said quietly. United World Federalists, the United Nations Association, and the Quad-City Negro Heritage Society. She is May Fellowship Chairman for United Church Women and has worked with WICS, a group composed of women of all faiths, in screening applicants for the Job Corps. In connection with her work, she is a member of the National Hairdressers Association and a charter member of Alpha Phi Chi Pi hairdressers sorority. And things keep cropping up for Mrs. Cooper. When a group organized to collect food and clothing for the mis-placed Mississippi Negroes, she went along on the trip South to deliver the goods.