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Ford Foundation A Decent Place to Live

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.072 Author/Creator: Ford Foundation Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: September 1971 Pagination: 31 p. ; 25.2 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled, "A Decent Place to Live" printed by the Ford Foundation dated September 1971. Writings pertain to housing development, public housing, funding, housing integration, and grants between 1958-1970.

Note on cover of pamphlet states, "Read carefully pp. 14-16 and back page." This discusses the impact of the National Comittee Against Discrimination in Housing.

Bash, Carrie, 1918-2015
Belanger, Sharlene, fl. 1971
Black, Algernon, 1900-1993
Cavanagh, Jerome, 1928-1979
Chamberlain, Howard R., fl. 1971
Cisler, Walker, 1897-1994
Devers, Shedrick T., fl. 1971
Duke, Dorothy, fl. 1971
Guren, David, fl. 1971
Hardy, John W., fl. 1971
Henry, Anthony R., fl. 1971
Kristof, Frank S., 1917-1991
Lapp, Robinson G., fl. 1971
Logue, Edward J., 1921-2000
Moynihan, Daniel P., 1927-2003
Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
Ritter, George, fl. 1971
Rutledge, Edward, fl. 1971
Twomey, James P., fl. 1971
Weaver, Robert C., 1907-1997
Wood, Jack E. Jr., fl. 1971

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