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Criteria Worries Aired to Housing Commission

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Title
Criteria Worries Aired to Housing Commission
Description
This newspaper clipping describes the proceedings of a Housing Commission meeting in Ann Arbor, which focused upon seeking Public Housing Administration funds to provide housing for economically disadvantaged members of the community. Of importance in this article is information from a letter written by Emma Wheeler, then-President of the local branch of the NAACP, about how housing rights are related to rights in education, especially for Black students who were displaced with the closing of the Jones School.
People Represented in the Record
Emma Wheeler (referred to as Mrs. Albert H. Wheeler)
Creator(s) of the Record
Virginia Westover
Date
January 28, 1966
Location
Ann Arbor City Hall, 301 E Huron St, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Medium
Paper
Type
Newspaper clipping
Subject
Mapping Reparative Legal Efforts
Rights
This digitized copy is generously provided for research purposes by the Ann Arbor District Library, the institution charged with overseeing the care of the digital item. Copyright for this document is retained by the Ann Arbor News.
Rights Holder
Ann Arbor News
Source
Ann Arbor District Library
Bibliographic Citation
Criteria Worries Aired To Housing Commission. (n.d.). Ann Arbor District Library. Retrieved December 1, 2021, from https://aadl.org/aa_news_19660128-criteria_worries_aired_to_housing_commission.

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