Paul Booth
Paul Booth was a leader in the 1960’s at the beginning of the student movement as National Secretary of Students for a Democratic Society, the largest organization of the emerging youth movement in the country at the time. 1 In 1965 he directed the first march on Washington, D.C against the War in Vietnam and issued the statement to “build not burn” and organized the first sit-in at the Chase Manhattan Bank exposing it as a “partner in Apartheid.” 2 He joined the labor movement in 1966 as Research Director for the United Packinghouse Workers of America 1 and then joined the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in 1974, working to build Illinois AFSCME (Council 31) 2 Booth passed away on January 17, 2018 at the age of 74. 2
Paul Booth was a leader in the 1960’s at the beginning of the student movement as National Secretary of Students for a Democratic Society, the largest organization of the emerging youth movement in the country at the time. 1 In 1965 he directed the first march on Washington, D.C against the War in Vietnam and issued the statement to “build not burn” and organized the first sit-in at the Chase Manhattan Bank exposing it as a “partner in Apartheid.” 2 He joined the labor movement in 1966 as Research Director for the United Packinghouse Workers of America 1 and then joined the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) in 1974, working to build Illinois AFSCME (Council 31) 2 Booth passed away on January 17, 2018 at the age of 74. 2