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RENDS IN HOUSING IONAL COMMITTEE AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK. N. Y. 10016 (212) ©85-6911 UME XH, NUMBER 1 JANUARY 1968 Local FH Law Surge '67 Action Equals Number Enacted From '58 to '66 At least 47 local open housing ordinances were adopted in 1967, exactly half the total of 94 laws reported to ncdh as adopted since the first local law went into effect in New York City in 1958. Extensive local legislative action in 1967 came against the backdrop of dramatic marathon open housing marches in Louisville, Ky., and Milwaukee, Wis., and mounting demands of Negro citizens in communities of all sizes for full access to the total housing market in cities and suburbs. At least five cities—Madison. Wis.; Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pa.; Louisville, Ky.; and St. Paul, Minn. —significantly strengthened and broadened coverage under existing ordinances during 1967. Seven Laws Defeated Of the 94 laws passed by local jurisdictions since 1958, seven- Akron, Toledo, and Springfield, 0.; Berkeley, Calif.; Seattle and Tacoma, Wash.; and Jackson, Mich.—have been struck down in referenda. Two—Dayton, O., and Montgomery County, Md.—were not in effect at trends' press time, pending the outcome of court challenges. Sufficient signatures have been gathered to force referenda tests in Milwaukee, Wis. (April 7) and Flint, Mich. (Feb. 20). and in Kansas City, Mo., and Muskegon and Detroit, Mich., where dates have not yet been set. The cities, suburbs, and counties, which approved local open occupancy ordinances during 1967, and in which the laws were reported in effect as trends went to press are: Prince George's County, Rock- ville, and Annapolis, Md.; Joliet. Weston. Wheaton, Freeport, Elgin, Champaign, Bloomington, Normal. East Moline, Galesburg, Skokie, Rock Island, and Evanston. 111.; Covington, Lexington, Fayette County, and Kenton County, Ky.; Kansas City, Lawrence, and Continued on page 7 FH Law Box Score 21 States District of Columbia 5 Counties 75 Cities, Villages (In effect at Trends' press time) More than 115 million Americans now live in areas covered by state or local fair housing laws reaching at least a portion of the private market. At the end of 1967, open occupancy laws were in effect in 21 states and in at least 30 local jurisdictions in states which do not have statewide open housing statutes. A state law approved during 1967 in Washington is not in effect, pending the outcome of a referendum vote. This initial issue of trends for 1968 reports in an adjoining column local legislative action which during 1967 doubled the number of local laws. Prop. 14 History Recounted in Book Hi Court To Review Key FH Law Case Validity of 1866 Law To Be Argued Apartheid American Style Fundamental Photographs Apartheid American Style by John Denton, a California attorney, describes that state's Proposition 14 controversy, ncdh cooperated in publication of the book in order to make available the background of the historically significant Prop. 14 drive. Copies are available from ncdh at $1.95 in paperback. The US Supreme Court decision to review a private housing discrimination case, in which the present validity of a century-old Federal open housing law is asserted, is being hailed as a "hopeful and encouraging sign" for the civil rights movement. Specifically the Court will review a decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit which upheld a lower court decision denying a complaint of housing discrimination brought by a St. Louis, Mo., couple. Attorneys acting for ncdh in a "friend of the court" brief in the appellate court and in a petition for Supreme Court review contended that the Alfred H. Mayer Co., a private St. Louis County developer, violated the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which they argue is valid though long unused, in refusing to sell a lot and house to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lee Jones, because of race. The developer admitted that his refusal to sell was based on the race of Mr. Jones, a Negro. The subdivision was financed wholly from conventional mortgage financing sources, without any Federal funds of any kind. The Jones's counsel, Samuel H. Liberman II of St. Louis, and the ncdh attorneys contend that a decision favorable to Mr. and Mrs. Jones would establish, without the need for further Congressional action, the effectiveness of the 1866 law in barring discrimination throughout the private housing market. The US Justice Department, which also asked the high Court to review the appellate decision, took a more limited view and argued that a decision favorable to the Joneses would bar discrimination in new subdivisions constructed with private financing. The attorneys for ncdh are Sol Rabkin, ncdh legal committee chairman and director of the Law Department, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith; Joseph B. Robison, ncdh general counsel and director of the Commission on Law and Social Action, American Jewish Congress; and Robert L. Carter, ncdh executive committee vice chairman and general counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Ncdh Chief Executive Officers Edward Rutledge and Jack E. Wood, Jr., called the high Court action "the most hopeful sign for the civil rights movement since the 1954 Supreme Court school desegregation decision." Rutledge and Wood pointed out that the pattern of the 1954 decision in which the appellate court had invited high Court review had been followed in the current test of the 1866 law, and added the hope that this would be "an omen of final results similar to the 1954 decision." In arguing the present validity of the 1866 statute, the Jones's petition for review stated: "Clearly what Congress intended when it enacted this law was to prevent all sellers of property from continuing in effect one of the incidents of slavery, denial to former slaves of the power to purchase, own, or convey and sell such property. "So long as the clear intent and purpose of Congress . . . continue to be ignored, so long will our country suffer from the vestiges of Negro slavery; the present strife and violence arising out of the resultant racial ghettos will continue and expand. "And until this court rules thai the statute means what it says and is within the constitutional authority of Congress, our country shall continue to be faced with the evils of continued discrimination in housing, racial ghettos which are festering sores and remnants of Negro slavery."
Object Description
Title | Model Cities information |
Series | Series 2, NAACP, Charlotte |
Subseries | Subseries 5, Programs |
Sub-subseries | Sub-subseries 1, Housing and Urban Development |
Digital Collection | Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP, 1948-1998 |
Creator | Alexander, Kelly M. |
Date Created | 1968 |
Series Description | This series contains material related to the work of the NAACP in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Alexander family's involvement in the organization over the course of several decades. There is a wide variety of topics covered in the documents, including voting discrimination; the Freedom Fund; Youth Council activities; and correspondence with notable figures throughout the Charlotte area, including Alfred Alexander and Julius Chambers. |
Collection Description | This collection documents the activities of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), with an emphasis on the work and correspondence of Kelly Alexander, Sr. and his sons Kelly Alexander, Jr. and Alfred Alexander in Charlotte, North Carolina. The collection contains minutes, correspondence, reports, speeches, press releases, membership records, and a few photographs. Topics covered include school segregation, housing and employment discrimination, police misconduct, and the Charlotte Area Fund. |
Subjects--Names |
Alexander, Kelly M. Alexander, Kelly M., Jr., 1948- Alexander, Alfred L., 1952- |
Subjects--Organizations |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Charlotte Branch. |
Subjects--Topics |
African Americans--North Carolina--Charlotte African Americans--Civil rights--North Carolina African Americans--Political activity--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Charlotte Civil rights workers--North Carolina--Charlotte African Americans--Housing--North Carolina--Charlotte Racism--Political aspects--North Carolina--Charlotte Race discrimination--North Carolina--Charlotte Police brutality--North Carolina--Charlotte Police misconduct--North Carolina--Charlotte |
Subjects--Locations |
Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations--History--20th century Charlotte (N.C.)--Politics and government--20th century |
Coverage--Place |
Charlotte (N.C.) Mecklenburg County (N.C.) |
Box Number | 10 |
Folder Number | 19 |
Language | eng |
Object Type | Text |
Digital Format | Displayed as .jp2, uploaded as .tif |
Genre | manuscripts (document genre) |
Finding Aid | https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/701 |
Original Collection | Kelly Alexander, Sr. papers concerning the NAACP |
Digital Collection Home Page | http://digitalcollections.uncc.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16033coll20 |
Repository | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
Digital Publisher | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
Rights | These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study. The digital reproductions have been made available through an evaluation of public domain status, permissions from the rights' holders, and authorization under the law including fair use as codified in 17 U.S.C. section 107. Although these materials are publicly accessible for these limited purposes, they may not all be in the public domain. Users are responsible for determining if permission for re-use is necessary and for obtaining such permission. Individuals who have concerns about online access to specific content should contact J. Murrey Atkins Library. |
Location of Original | J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) |
Grant Information | Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources. |
Identifier | naacp-ms508-0210019 |
Date Digitized | 2016-02-19 |
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Title | naacp-ms508-0210019-05 |
OCR Transcript | RENDS IN HOUSING IONAL COMMITTEE AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN HOUSING LEXINGTON AVENUE, NEW YORK. N. Y. 10016 (212) ©85-6911 UME XH, NUMBER 1 JANUARY 1968 Local FH Law Surge '67 Action Equals Number Enacted From '58 to '66 At least 47 local open housing ordinances were adopted in 1967, exactly half the total of 94 laws reported to ncdh as adopted since the first local law went into effect in New York City in 1958. Extensive local legislative action in 1967 came against the backdrop of dramatic marathon open housing marches in Louisville, Ky., and Milwaukee, Wis., and mounting demands of Negro citizens in communities of all sizes for full access to the total housing market in cities and suburbs. At least five cities—Madison. Wis.; Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pa.; Louisville, Ky.; and St. Paul, Minn. —significantly strengthened and broadened coverage under existing ordinances during 1967. Seven Laws Defeated Of the 94 laws passed by local jurisdictions since 1958, seven- Akron, Toledo, and Springfield, 0.; Berkeley, Calif.; Seattle and Tacoma, Wash.; and Jackson, Mich.—have been struck down in referenda. Two—Dayton, O., and Montgomery County, Md.—were not in effect at trends' press time, pending the outcome of court challenges. Sufficient signatures have been gathered to force referenda tests in Milwaukee, Wis. (April 7) and Flint, Mich. (Feb. 20). and in Kansas City, Mo., and Muskegon and Detroit, Mich., where dates have not yet been set. The cities, suburbs, and counties, which approved local open occupancy ordinances during 1967, and in which the laws were reported in effect as trends went to press are: Prince George's County, Rock- ville, and Annapolis, Md.; Joliet. Weston. Wheaton, Freeport, Elgin, Champaign, Bloomington, Normal. East Moline, Galesburg, Skokie, Rock Island, and Evanston. 111.; Covington, Lexington, Fayette County, and Kenton County, Ky.; Kansas City, Lawrence, and Continued on page 7 FH Law Box Score 21 States District of Columbia 5 Counties 75 Cities, Villages (In effect at Trends' press time) More than 115 million Americans now live in areas covered by state or local fair housing laws reaching at least a portion of the private market. At the end of 1967, open occupancy laws were in effect in 21 states and in at least 30 local jurisdictions in states which do not have statewide open housing statutes. A state law approved during 1967 in Washington is not in effect, pending the outcome of a referendum vote. This initial issue of trends for 1968 reports in an adjoining column local legislative action which during 1967 doubled the number of local laws. Prop. 14 History Recounted in Book Hi Court To Review Key FH Law Case Validity of 1866 Law To Be Argued Apartheid American Style Fundamental Photographs Apartheid American Style by John Denton, a California attorney, describes that state's Proposition 14 controversy, ncdh cooperated in publication of the book in order to make available the background of the historically significant Prop. 14 drive. Copies are available from ncdh at $1.95 in paperback. The US Supreme Court decision to review a private housing discrimination case, in which the present validity of a century-old Federal open housing law is asserted, is being hailed as a "hopeful and encouraging sign" for the civil rights movement. Specifically the Court will review a decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit which upheld a lower court decision denying a complaint of housing discrimination brought by a St. Louis, Mo., couple. Attorneys acting for ncdh in a "friend of the court" brief in the appellate court and in a petition for Supreme Court review contended that the Alfred H. Mayer Co., a private St. Louis County developer, violated the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which they argue is valid though long unused, in refusing to sell a lot and house to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lee Jones, because of race. The developer admitted that his refusal to sell was based on the race of Mr. Jones, a Negro. The subdivision was financed wholly from conventional mortgage financing sources, without any Federal funds of any kind. The Jones's counsel, Samuel H. Liberman II of St. Louis, and the ncdh attorneys contend that a decision favorable to Mr. and Mrs. Jones would establish, without the need for further Congressional action, the effectiveness of the 1866 law in barring discrimination throughout the private housing market. The US Justice Department, which also asked the high Court to review the appellate decision, took a more limited view and argued that a decision favorable to the Joneses would bar discrimination in new subdivisions constructed with private financing. The attorneys for ncdh are Sol Rabkin, ncdh legal committee chairman and director of the Law Department, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith; Joseph B. Robison, ncdh general counsel and director of the Commission on Law and Social Action, American Jewish Congress; and Robert L. Carter, ncdh executive committee vice chairman and general counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Ncdh Chief Executive Officers Edward Rutledge and Jack E. Wood, Jr., called the high Court action "the most hopeful sign for the civil rights movement since the 1954 Supreme Court school desegregation decision." Rutledge and Wood pointed out that the pattern of the 1954 decision in which the appellate court had invited high Court review had been followed in the current test of the 1866 law, and added the hope that this would be "an omen of final results similar to the 1954 decision." In arguing the present validity of the 1866 statute, the Jones's petition for review stated: "Clearly what Congress intended when it enacted this law was to prevent all sellers of property from continuing in effect one of the incidents of slavery, denial to former slaves of the power to purchase, own, or convey and sell such property. "So long as the clear intent and purpose of Congress . . . continue to be ignored, so long will our country suffer from the vestiges of Negro slavery; the present strife and violence arising out of the resultant racial ghettos will continue and expand. "And until this court rules thai the statute means what it says and is within the constitutional authority of Congress, our country shall continue to be faced with the evils of continued discrimination in housing, racial ghettos which are festering sores and remnants of Negro slavery." |
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