Johnnie Tillmon

Johnnie Tillmon
Born
Johnnie Lee Percy

(1926-04-10)April 10, 1926
Scott, Arkansas
DiedNovember 22, 1995(1995-11-22) (aged 69)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Other namesJohnnie Tillmon
Organization(s)Aid to Needy Children Mothers Anonymous
National Welfare Rights Organization
Known forWelfare rights activist
MovementCivil rights movement
Welfare rights
Women's rights
Children6

Johnnie Tillmon Blackston (born Johnnie Lee Percy; April 10, 1926 – November 22, 1995) was an American welfare rights activist.[1] She is regarded as one of the most influential welfare rights activists in the country, whose work with the National Welfare Rights Organization influenced the Civil Rights Movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in particular.[2]

  1. ^ "Tillmon, Johnnie (1926–1995); The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". The Black Past. 23 January 2007. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
  2. ^ Germain, Jacqui (24 December 2021). "The National Welfare Rights Organization Wanted Economic Justice for Black Americans". Teen Vogue. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.