- Collection:
- Columbia River Basin Ethnic History Project
- Title:
- Vancouver Hires Negroes, ca. 1958
- Date of Original:
- 1958
- Subject:
- African Americans
National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Housing
Discrimination
Integration - Location:
- United States, Washington, Clark County, Vancouver, 45.63873, -122.66149
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Article addresses how Vancouver is one of the most integrated cities of its size in the United States. On January 3, 1958 Vancouver became the first city in Washington to secure special mortgage insurance to finance 150 units of low-cost private housing (Section 221 FHA mortgage insurance.) The City of Vancouver working to integrate neighborhoods and keep some of its 2000-4000 persons who live in Vancouver but work in Oregon, in Vancouver. Article is the second in a two part series.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/digital/collection/cchm/id/45
- IIIF manifest:
- https://content.libraries.wsu.edu/iiif/2/cchm:45/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- To obtain a copy of this item, or request permission to publish, contact the
Clark County Historical Society Library and Archives, 1511 Main Street,
Vancouver, WA 98660, 360-993-5679 or cchm@pacifier.com. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- Vancouver Branch of the National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- Contributing Institution:
- Clark County Historical Museum
- Rights:
-
Vancouver Hires Negroes, ca. 1958
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