Letter from John Llewellyn
Item
- Title
- Letter from John Llewellyn
- Content Warning
- Racially-violent language, intimidation tactics, racist violence
- Description
- Written from Ann Arbor resident John Llewellyn to then Mayor Cecil O. Creal, this letter provides a racist argument against the potential passing of a city-wide fair housing ordinance. Of note is a mentioned housing facility at 307 N. State St. in Ann Arbor, where a racist landlord described to Llewellyn her use of a dog to intimidate potential Black residents. Attached to this letter is a response from Mayor O. Creal, which assures Llewellyn that his concerns are heard and will be taken into consideration by city government.
- Creator(s) of the Record
- John Llewellyn
- Cecil O. Creal
- Date
- August 24, 1993
- September 3, 1963
- Location
- The address of the mentioned housing facility in this letter is 307 N State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
- Medium
- Paper
- Type
- Manuscript
- Subject
- Mapping Housing Discrimination
- Rights
- This digitized copy is generously provided for research purposes by the Bentley Historical Library, the institution charged with overseeing the care of the original document. Copyright for this document is held by the Regents of the University of Michigan.
- Rights Holder
- Regents of the University of Michigan
- Source
- Cecil O. Creal Papers: 1958-1968
- Bibliographic Citation
- Cecil O. Creal Papers, Box 4, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
