Progressive Citizens of America
 Progressive Citizens of America members supported Wallace and Progressive Party. From left are seated, Henry A. Wallace and FDR's son Elliott Roosevelt; standing are Dr. Harlow Shapley and Jo Davidson (1947) | |
| Successor | Progressive Party (1948) |
|---|---|
| Formation | December 1946 |
| Dissolved | 1948 |
| Merger of | Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions (ICCASP) National Citizens Political Action Committee (NC-PAC) |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Members | 100,000 |
Co-Chair | Jo Davidson |
Co-Chair | Frank Kingdon |
Co-vice chair | Philip Murray |
Co-vice chair | Alexander F. Whitney |
Key people | Elinor S. Gimbel, Anita McCormick Blaine; , C.B. "Beanie" Baldwin, John Abt, Lee Pressman |
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map2. It should be removed.Progressive Citizens of America (PCA) was a social-democratic and democratic socialist American political organization formed in December 1946 that advocated progressive policies, which worked with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and allegedly the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), as a precursor to the 1948 incarnation of the Progressive Party. It also led to formation of a counter group called Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), formed in January 1947 with progressive domestic views but anti-communist and interventionist foreign policy views, that split liberals and nearly cost Harry S. Truman the 1948 United States presidential election. The organization was dissolved in 1948.