Title	Mattie Coney with a Group
Owning Institution	Indiana Historical Society
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Item ID	M1086_BOX2_FOLDER14_001
Description	Mattie Coney founded Citizens Forum, an organization dedicated to improvement of neighborhoods in order to combat housing discrimination. Citizens Forum was founded with the idea that the hard work of the individual could improve the circumstances of their surroundings and effect change. The success of the program made Mattie Coney well known throughout the nation.
Subject	Coney, Mattie, 1909-1988 Civil rights Citizens Forum (Indianapolis, Ind.)
Creator	Kodak
Date	1976-11
Time Period	1970s (1970-1979)
Geographic Location	Indiana--Marion County--Indianapolis
Source Collection Name	Mattie Coney Collection
Source Collection Number	M1086
Digital Collection Name	Mattie Coney Collection
Digital Collection Number	dc086
Format of Original	Photographic print, color
Size of Original	3.5 x 4.5 in.
Digital Format	JP2000
Resolution	600 ppi
Notes	Mattie Coney retired from teaching to found Citizens Forum, a grass-roots neighborhood organization that encouraged good citizenship and individual responsibility through community organization and civic engagement in 1964. Coney was known for her no-nonsense philosophies called "Mattieisms" and was acknowledged for her writings and work at Citizens Forum by receiving many awards. The Citizens Forum model was used in cities like Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, New Orleans, New York, and Washington, D.C.
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Copyright Notice	Digital Image 2016 Indiana Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
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