Urban Renewal and the Fight for Fair Housing in Ann Arbor

Items

• 24 Hour Vigil for Fair Housing Flyer
  This is a flyer distributed by the Ann Arbor Area Fair Housing Association -- CORE to announce a vigil for housing that started on July 21, 1963. The document contains a list of action items for citizens to get involved in the push for a fair housing ordinance, ranging from contacting city councilmembers to influencing media coverage of support for such a measure.
• NAACP Civil Rights Profile - Ann Arbor Area
  This annotated document is a comprehensive survey of the impact of racial discrimination on the lives of Black residents of Washtenaw County in the early 1960s. Created by the local chapter of the NAACP, this report was made for the purpose of informing local and national political figures about racial injustices ahead of a potential construction of an atomic laboratory in the area by the Federal Atomic Energy Commission. Annotations in the margins come from an unknown source.
• Housing Industry Practices
  This is a report of the First Presbyterian Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan which douments the various racist housing discrimination practices that were occuring in the city. Divided into three sections - "Real Estate Brokers," "Builders," and "Financial Institutions" - the document clarifies the various parties involved in upholding Ann Arbor's housing segregation.
• Map of Ann Arbor, Michigan
  This is a map of Ann Arbor, Michigan from the files of former city mayor, Cecil O. Creal with annotations from an unknown person or collective. The blue highlighted regions indicate areas important to discussions about fair housing in the city, which mostly consist of areas on the north side of Ann Arbor.