Concerned Citizens for Equal Justice
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Concerned Citizens for Equal Justice was a voluntary organization springing from the African American community in Topeka, Kansas. Its current status is unknown.
When an African American defendant was brought up for a hearing or a trial, members of CCEJ would show up as public witnesses to the proceedings. Supporters said that just having African Americans in a room where, otherwise, the defendant was the only Black person had a salutary effect on the proceedings.
It is not known how long this organization was in existence or whether it exists today. In the late 1980s the group collaborated in a limited way with a new predominantly white organization called the Task Force to Overcome Racism in Topeka.
External links
- The Topeka Peace and Justice Center (http://www.networksplus.net/tcpj/), an umbrella peace and justice organization continuously in existence from this era.