NWRO: When Welfare Mothers Organized & Fought Back (1966-75) In the 1950s-60s, politicians and media blamed rising welfare rolls on African American single mothers, passing punitive laws to reduce recipients and benefit amounts. Despite poverty rates, Black women were actually underrepresented on welfare—but concentrated in major cities, making them the public face of welfare recipients. In response, grassroots organizations formed nationwide. In 1963, Johnnie Tillmon founded ANC (Aid to Needy C

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