Booker Homes - Revision history

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‎Booker Homes leveled

Phil at 16:31, 21 January 2009

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Phil at 05:45, 9 September 2008

2008-09-09T05:45:18Z

Phil at 05:44, 9 September 2008

2008-09-09T05:44:49Z

Phil: New page: '''Booker Homes''' is a former 400 house development constructed by the Little Rock Housing Authority in the early 1950s with "urban renewal" funds available under Title I of the Housi...

2008-09-09T05:40:55Z

New page: '''Booker Homes''' is a former 400 house development constructed by the Little Rock Housing Authority in the early 1950s with "urban renewal" funds available under Title I of the Housi...

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'''Booker Homes''' is a former 400 house development constructed by the [[Little Rock Housing Authority]] in the early 1950s with "urban renewal" funds available under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949. The funds were matched by [[park revenue bonds]] for improvements to blacks-only [[Gillam Park]].

Debate over local urban renewal and its funding was vigorous, rivaling the debate over integration later in the decade. Conservatives dubbed urban renewal "socialistic." Liberals called it "Negro removal." Adolphine Terry, who organized a citizen's Committee for Progress, called it "an exercise in responsible democracy and a solution to health problems among the poor." A referendum on the issue passed on May 9, 1950, with majority black support.

Gillam Park was upgraded from an undeveloped lot to include a swimming pool, pavilions, baseball diamond, and small amusement park. In return, the federal government supplied $3 million funds for the Booker Homes project in the Granite Mountain neighborhood near the east end of Gillam Park. The project included 400 homes for black families.

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-The Booker Homes site was formally leased by the [[City of Little Rock]] to [[Audubon Arkansas]] in February 2007. The site will become the 2,000 acre [[Little Rock Nature Center]].
+Booker homes was demolished in the mid-1990s. The Booker Homes site was formally leased by the [[City of Little Rock]] to [[Audubon Arkansas]] in February 2007. The site will become the 2,000 acre [[Little Rock Nature Center]].
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-'''Booker Homes''' is a defunct low-income housing development constructed by the [[Little Rock Housing Authority]] in the early 1950s with "urban renewal" funds available under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949. The development included four hundred homes for black families. The funds were matched by [[park revenue bonds]] for improvements to blacks-only [[Gillam Park]].
+The '''Joseph A. Booker Homes''' is a defunct low-income housing development constructed by the [[Little Rock Housing Authority]] in the early 1950s with "urban renewal" funds available under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949. The development is named for former [[Arkansas Baptist College]] president [[Joseph A. Booker]]. The development included four hundred homes for black families. The funds were matched by [[park revenue bonds]] for improvements nearby blacks-only [[Gillam Park]]. Booker homes is in the [[Granite Mountain]] neighborhood.
 Debate over local urban renewal and its funding was vigorous, rivaling the debate over integration later in the decade. Conservatives dubbed urban renewal "socialistic." Liberals called it "Negro removal." Adolphine Terry, who organized a citizen's Committee for Progress, called it "an exercise in responsible democracy and a solution to health problems among the poor." A referendum on the issue passed on May 9, 1950, with majority black support.
 Gillam Park was upgraded from an undeveloped lot to include a swimming pool, pavilions, baseball diamond, and small amusement park. In return, the federal government supplied $3 million funds for the Booker Homes project in the Granite Mountain neighborhood near the east end of Gillam Park. The project included 400 homes for black families.
 The Booker Homes site was formally leased by the [[City of Little Rock]] to [[Audubon Arkansas]] in February 2007. The site will become the 2,000 acre [[Little Rock Nature Center]].
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 *Andy Davis, "Audubon to Get Land After 4-Year Holdup; 68 Acres to Host LR Nature Center, Lab," ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,'' February 22, 2007.
 *Sara Alderman Murphy, ''Breaking the Silence: Little Rock's Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools, 1958-1963'' (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1997), 20-23.
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	*Andy Davis, "Audubon to Get Land After 4-Year Holdup; 68 Acres to Host LR Nature Center, Lab," ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,'' February 22, 2007.		*Andy Davis, "Audubon to Get Land After 4-Year Holdup; 68 Acres to Host LR Nature Center, Lab," ''Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,'' February 22, 2007.
		+	*Sara Alderman Murphy, ''Breaking the Silence: Little Rock's Women's Emergency Committee to Open Our Schools, 1958-1963'' (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1997), 20-23.

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