Womanpower Unlimited

Clarie Collins Harvey founded Womanpower Unlimited to help the Freedom Riders and their families. At a time when it was unpopular and even risky, Harvey teamed with Jesse Mosley, Aurelia Young, A.M.E. Logan, and other Jackson women and appealed to local churches for help. Womanpower sent the jailed Freedom Riders food, clothing, bedding, books, and magazines. They sent news to their families and hosted Freedom Riders when they got out. Womanpower grew into an interracial network of some 300 women. After the Freedom Rides, Womanpower supported ongoing voter registration campaigns and anti-segregation boycotts. 

Womanpower Unlimited - Photo courtesy Amistad Research Center