Little Rock Housing Authority - Revision history

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Phil: New page: The '''Little Rock Housing Association''' was founded by Adolphine Terry, Erle Chambers, and Edwin Dunaway in 1939. The purpose of the association was to capture some of the fe...

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New page: The '''Little Rock Housing Association''' was founded by Adolphine Terry, Erle Chambers, and Edwin Dunaway in 1939. The purpose of the association was to capture some of the fe...

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The '''Little Rock Housing Association''' was founded by [[Adolphine Terry]], [[Erle Chambers]], and [[Edwin Dunaway]] in 1939. The purpose of the association was to capture some of the federal dollars available for "slum clearance" under the 1937 federal Housing Authority Act.

The group was initially opposed by Little Rock mayor Satterfield and [[Redding Stevenson]] of the [[Little Rock Realtors Association]].

==References==

**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.

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-The '''Little Rock Housing Authority''' was chartered through the efforts of [[Adolphine Terry]], [[Erle Chambers]], and [[Edwin Dunaway]] in 1937. The initial purpose of the association was to capture some of the federal dollars available for "slum clearance" under the 1937 federal Housing Authority Act.
+The '''Little Rock Housing Authority''' (LRHA) was chartered through the efforts of [[Adolphine Terry]], [[Erle Chambers]], and [[Edwin Dunaway]] in 1937. The initial purpose of the association was to capture some of the federal dollars available for "slum clearance" under the 1937 federal Housing Authority Act.
 The group was initially opposed by Little Rock mayor [[J. V. Satterfield Jr.]] and [[Redding Stevenson]] of the [[Little Rock Realtors Association]]. Terry and Dunaway managed to persuade others that the federal funds involved would be a boon to the city.
-In 1950 members of the Housing Association pushed local citizens to match a local bond issue for improvements to black-only [[Gillam Park]] to "urban renewal" funds available under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949. Debate over the proposal 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.
+In 1950 members of the LRHA pushed local citizens to match a local bond issue for improvements to black-only [[Gillam Park]] to "urban renewal" funds available under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949. Debate over the proposal 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.
 [[Harry Ashmore]] of the ''Arkansas Gazette'' has since argued that "[l]ocal authorities could get federal grants for so-called slum clearance and they could clean out an old slum, which in almost every case, of course, tended to be a black neighborhood. And then they were required, if they did that, to provide equivalent housing within presumably the reach of the income groups of the displaced. And then they could then sell this land for any purpose. It didn't have to be for housing if they built equivalent housing somewhere else."

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 In 1950 members of the Housing Association pushed local citizens to match a local bond issue for improvements to black-only [[Gillam Park]] to "urban renewal" funds available under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949. Debate over the proposal 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.
-Harry Ashmore of the ''Arkansas Gazette'' has since argued that "[l]ocal authorities could get federal grants for so-called slum clearance and they could clean out an old slum, which in almost every case, of course, tended to be a black neighborhood. And then they were required, if they did that, to provide equivalent housing within presumably the reach of the income groups of the displaced. And then they could then sell this land for any purpose. It didn't have to be for housing if they built equivalent housing somewhere else."
+[[Harry Ashmore]] of the ''Arkansas Gazette'' has since argued that "[l]ocal authorities could get federal grants for so-called slum clearance and they could clean out an old slum, which in almost every case, of course, tended to be a black neighborhood. And then they were required, if they did that, to provide equivalent housing within presumably the reach of the income groups of the displaced. And then they could then sell this land for any purpose. It didn't have to be for housing if they built equivalent housing somewhere else."
 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 '''Little Rock Housing Association''' was founded by [[Adolphine Terry]], [[Erle Chambers]], and [[Edwin Dunaway]] in 1939. The initial purpose of the association was to capture some of the federal dollars available for "slum clearance" under the 1937 federal Housing Authority Act.
+The '''Little Rock Housing Authority''' was chartered through the efforts of [[Adolphine Terry]], [[Erle Chambers]], and [[Edwin Dunaway]] in 1937. The initial purpose of the association was to capture some of the federal dollars available for "slum clearance" under the 1937 federal Housing Authority Act.
 The group was initially opposed by Little Rock mayor [[J. V. Satterfield Jr.]] and [[Redding Stevenson]] of the [[Little Rock Realtors Association]]. Terry and Dunaway managed to persuade others that the federal funds involved would be a boon to the city.
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 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.
 ==References==

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-The '''Little Rock Housing Association''' was founded by [[Adolphine Terry]], [[Erle Chambers]], and [[Edwin Dunaway]] in 1939. The purpose of the association was to capture some of the federal dollars available for "slum clearance" under the 1937 federal Housing Authority Act.
+The '''Little Rock Housing Association''' was founded by [[Adolphine Terry]], [[Erle Chambers]], and [[Edwin Dunaway]] in 1939. The initial purpose of the association was to capture some of the federal dollars available for "slum clearance" under the 1937 federal Housing Authority Act.
 The group was initially opposed by Little Rock mayor [[J. V. Satterfield Jr.]] and [[Redding Stevenson]] of the [[Little Rock Realtors Association]]. Terry and Dunaway managed to persuade others that the federal funds involved would be a boon to the city.
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 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.
 ==References==

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 ==References==
-**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.
+*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.
 ==External links==
 [[Category:Urban renewal]]

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