Hannah Mosiniak

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• 4 Mile March Protest - Protester With Sign "Mayor Opposes Fair Housing"
  This photo for the Ann Arbor News portrays a demonstration along Summit St in the Northeast Central area of the city (4 Mile March Protest - Protester With Sign “Mayor Opposes Fair Housing,” n.d.). The action was organized to protest the support by city government - specifically Mayor Cecil O. Creal - for a weakened fair housing ordinance. The community members in this photo carry picket signs pointing out the government’s hypocrisy in investing in a plan, but only one that would be unactionable.
• Sit-In Demonstration "Illegal" But City Takes No Action Yet
  This article describes a demonstration sponsored by the Ann Arbor Fair Housing Association - CORE in response to City Council’s support for a weakened fair housing ordinance at the end of July 1963. The protest mentioned was part of a larger summer of civic action to get the City Council to invest fully in the idea of a fair housing ordinance.
• Pickets Supporting Housing Ordinance Tell Why They March
• About 300 Persons Turn Out For Rights Rally And March Here
  This newspaper clipping describes a Freedom Rally sponsored by the Student Non-Violent Co-Ordinating Committee (SNCC) of over 300 community members marching from City Hall to the First Method Church near the University of Michigan’s Central Campus. This event, which featured John Lewis, was to precipitate the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that would take place the following day in Washington D.C.. At the start of the event, the SNCC was joined by demonstrators of the Ann Arbor Fair Housing Association - CORE who were continuing their advocacy for fair housing.
• NAACP Demonstration
  This annotated document was created by the Ann Arbor branch of the NAACP to alert citizens about the start of a weekly series of demonstrations for a more equitable Human Relations Commission in city government. The paper includes an overview of the causes for the demonstrations, standards for involvement, and additional related facts about city governance. Annotations throughout the document come from an unknown source.
• 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.