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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing (NCDH): Correspondence |
| Date | 1955-1963 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Description | Regarding the signing of a letter to be sent to President Eisenhower calling for an end to discrimination in federal housing projects. Also letters detailing what was seen as the unfair dismissal of Dr. Frank Horne and Mrs. Corienne Morrow from the Office of the Administrator, Housing and Home Finance Agency, whose jobs were supposed to act as a safe guard from discrimination in public funded housing projects. |
| Series Description | Series 1: Administrative Records, 1943-1969 |
| Box Description | 1949-1967 |
| Theme/s | Housing Organizations, Associations and Societies Civil Rights |
| Keywords | housing, discrimination, segregation, public housing project, government, funding, employment, Supreme Court, legislation, committee, charity, community organization |
| Names | Eisenhower, Dwight D.; Granger, Lester Blackwell; Horne, Frank Smith; Kennedy, John F.; Levenson, Frances; Livermore Charles; Long, Herman Hodge; Maslow, Will; Miller, Loren; Monserrat, Joseph; Motley, Constance Baker; Nesbitt, George; Weaver, Galen R.; Weaver, George L.-P.; Weaver, Robert C.; Wilkins, Roy |
| Organizations | American Civil Liberties Union; American Friends Service Committee; American Jewish Congress; American Missionary Association (AMA); Board of Home Missions; Democratic Party; Federal Housing Administration; Fisk University; Jewish Labor Committee; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials (NAIRO); National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing (NCDH); National Council of Negro Women; National Urban League; Republican Party; Small Business Administration; The American Jewish Committee; United Auto Workers |
| Places | Louisville, KY; Nashville, TN; New York, NY; Washington, DC |
| Library | Amistad Research Center |
| Copyright | Physical rights retained and permission granted by the Amistad Research Center |
| Document(s) linked to |
National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing (NCDH): News release |