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November 6, 1967
Mrs. Helen Howard 558 Magnolia Street Atlanta, Georgia
Dear Mrs. Howard:
Just a quick note to say that I am still working on the idea for the Information Center I mentioned before. The idea is nearly the same as the one Mrs. Paschal had a year or so ago; as I said, she was never able to get any money for it. I am trying to find enough money to:
open up two center in Atlanta, hire two full-time people (neighborhood residents) for each center, and keep each one going for at least two years.
The clinic you have would be an ideal place for one of these, since you are well known in that community and people come there for other services already. I would hope that if these centers did get started, people who used them would see the need for other action as well, like political action aimed at getting better representation on all levels. The centers--if they worked correctly--would bring people to a place where you would talk to them about other forms of activity while you helped solve some of their problems.
Incidentally, did you ever think of asking the National Medical Association, the national association of Negro doctors, for help with your clinic? They might be able to supply some money, and so could the Medical Committee for Human Rights, a national organization that has sent doctors and nurses South to give free medical advice to poor people and people in the movement. I could contact both groups if you would let me know what you need.
At any rate I'll keep in touch.
Sincerely,
Julian Bond