1 20 5 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/7883ff2c7b43555dc48fe1622c283dc6.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=lo3iaSvru9zUlPcfvh2zsMp-K9lld3Bf27Fn6DzXfPp%7EbNUtyPirWZ4NgSiKWJcorfpoLvikgNh3BDeY13v24NxUJvVZZLJFUwK%7EoblelmXIM1ITV19dIb0jxf9wkTaxfIyPAVtQXWRGXmYy73YTjRX30gQv3i3OBlYa642BaHsqnuzyl9ye2XJ1MTstKkmUUJ8XOzt%7EVwMRwB1qAS061ThIUE1P2lOKPRnchoq%7EjX6PckTr4MO4O0CIZCSKyEc2s7igX0-fCF60IxjmoYWYuNwYlYAiz9XjNRhYghrljyu8b7Du9aJzithqb1RHbE7UwZgA6arxzwKxlcaPyt-NSw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM e43cc63b3e90de1c1c640d536888fa00 PDF Text Text An Appeal to YOU fromNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES (NAPE) BALTIMORE COUNTY LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ANTI-POVERTY ACTION COMMITTEE (APAC) THE MARYLAND STATE CONFERENCE OF THE NAACP Mrs. Juanita Mitchell, President (partial list of endorsers) . CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY (CORE) James Griffin, Chairman (sponsor) -to fulfill a maior pledge made during the- MARCH ON WASHINGTON TO BEGIN Marching Against Segregated HOUSING IN BALTIMORE OD SATURDAY, AUGUST Z8th, .965 and SUNDAY, AUGUST Z9th at • p. m. from LAFAymE SQUARE (Lanvale and Carrollton) in BALTIMORE _ _ _ Thousands of Negroes are denied equal opportunity in housing __ . Thousands of Negroes are being exploited in over-crowded. over-priced structures in destructive ghettos _ . _ Thousands of Children are subjected to unequal education because of de facto segregation in schools - based on segregated housing We Demand: - Decent Housing - Immediate Open Occupancy - Better zoning laws to stoo the mushrooming of apartment developments in Negro neighborhoods - "Open Occupancy" spelled out in all real estate advertising - Negroes employed as agents in "white" sample homes and apartments If we really want FREEDOM and EQUALITY NOW, we must join hands to abolish discrimination in housing NOW- CORE: 2316 W. NORTH AVENUE 669-6034 B. Mills [367-7126) Roscoe Herring and Walter Carter (LA. 3-1085) � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Urban Renewal Files Description An account of the resource This exhibit presents documentation related to Baltimore's urban renewal efforts during the 1960s. The files include correspondence, speeches, editorials, newsletters, flyers, and maps from Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Renewal plans for the neighborhoods of Bolton Hill and Mount Vernon are highlighted, along with responses from neighborhood residents and homeowners' associations. The complete Urban Renewal Files (URF) collection at the University of Baltimore consists of 5 linear inches of archival records, which are described in an online collection database. The complete collection has also been digitized at the folder level and is also available in the collection database. For this exhibit, 20 documents have been selected from the complete collection. 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Title A name given to the resource Marching Against Segregated Housing in Baltimore Description An account of the resource A circular from the Baltimore's Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) advertising a protest march against segregated housing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1965-08 Subject The topic of the resource African Americans Segregation Civil rights Demonstrations Discrimination in housing Race discrimination Congress of Racial Equality Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Congress of Racial Equality Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context urf01.01.09a Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Urban Renewal Files, series I, box 1, folder 9, Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this digital material is governed by U.S. copyright law. 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African Americans Civil rights Congress of Racial Equality Demonstrations Discrimination in housing Race discrimination Segregation https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/41fbf40ffdd06649657d2bc5535aaf50.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=H6MIfOUryGC2iG6JcZEF16FE%7E5oQzeYsHe4Tdl101R-ZKT2aEQFKFdAhrCiDYf-9EfvbYCuxRSe1PRUCq9YCIEligdlWEbP6tEHwdhYndKzDz7FvyBiOcVqzj%7E4kX%7EJfLABYrOr-Cy1UmL3ZvfYydEzByKI4e2mcT697YnD7mDhS1Vmz9VJomNmaLJ0pHSb0wiBUIbumcjyKc4xmQzFmLsQxeO3aXsZb9HwlsfXwidHKrZjgDs7wjJA8vW6THF8kiEgL5-6%7Epz9BgGALZDp8G4by-7RPhppLuIc8U-xjuU8itUv34vRt-UpMXdHAqyeW1ucXRSKcNX92rc3nvRDdTw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 604faa5898c71d883f7f5cf27a7dd312 PDF Text Text Let ' s ALL JOIN Hll.NnS and. Announce to the V Jorld with Proud Heart and Clear Conscience that America Reall y Stands' for FREEDOM .and EQUALITY ------FOR EVERYONE - ---- - NOW .l _ .- CORE 110USING COMMTTTEE IffilNSLETTER .. -. _ '... ---"'- ~ .... J fuen · President Johnson ' signed ·theVbting · Rights .. Bill . on .. . ., Fl'~-clay , August 6 , another important milestone was passed i n extending Federal legal backing to the Negro ,·s .e fforts t o .. a chieve"- ..... "'''. his right f u l place in the mainstream of American ..society. His ···efforts are now backed with l e g islation 'in the fie l ds of···education, public accomodation, · employment , voting ,and . the War on .- . . ' Poverty. CORE has been one of the l eading civi l rights ' group s whose 'activities in each of the·se areas have finall y produced these important l e g islative a ct ions. .... , .~ . . . Housing is the . one remaining fie l d that has" barely been ' touched by federa l, state or loca l legi slation, yet it wi ll almost certainly be the most difficult field .in which to es .. tablish equal op portunity without l e g islation. It is . far" more comp'l ex in structure than most of the others --.involving financial institutions .• builders, owner syndicates., realtors , rea l estate managers , politicians and other vested inte re sts. ..But viha tever ...... gui 's e it hides behi nd , i t is still SEGREGJ>.TION. ·I tt·s , .up to us to penetrate those guises . - - TO . OPEN THAT DOOR -- NOW• ... . . < • ~, -. . Housing , of course , touches a ll of our pe rsonallive-s .. ' .., more "clo s-ely than the other a reas -- it l iteral ly ·brings the ". prob l em. "home " .and f orces each of us to examine deep l y his . own , .. .. value·s and beliefs. Housing rep resents faT more than a mere' . physical: shel ter -- i t represents our v e ry status in society... . . '" ... ' .. The neig hborhood and the home form the hub of our \-rarl d where · we can unbend and be our3elve s -- "the locale of family l ife and .... · . It creat es aJi :i.riti . ·of . iritormal , intimate social. relations ". macy of rel'a t i onship wi th one ' s surroundings not nee·e:ss.: i,tated-..by..·· contac ts at work , a t school or in more forma l organiza, ti,onal groups . IS THIS W HOUSI'NG ·IS "PR 0V11JG THE MOST .RESISTANTOF HY ALL FIELDS TO DEMA~S FOR EQUAL RIGHTS? For the Negro, this same ' coin has another s·ide. · · As ' De:ws' .. ...~ .... M Entire points out in' RES IDENCE AND RACE, "Imposed segregation c . "c o=otes not mere l y- diff.e renee but .inferiori ty of the segregatoo· .. group. W hen individuals or g roups are 'exclUded from .a neig..hOOrhood , the inescap able .imp l ication is 't<hat they are qonsidered -' -".". _.. not ,f it to live there. Since the ch a r ac·ter 'o f neighborhoods .. carries c orresponding implicat'ions about the character and woirth ..... ·" of the residents , the . minority ·g roups are further stig)1litized. by t he obvious inferiority of th e.ir residence areas. Compulsory .... segregatjon is , therefore, an unceasing pub l ic announc'ement of the separatenes s 'a nd ' inferior ' status of the. minority group s . " I "c oul d put it no more aptly than. my son' did at fo1:lI' years " old '" when he asked, "1iI' hy.do Neg ro e s live all bun.ched up togethe r? It' 8. . just like they were al l c aught in ,a l asso. " And ..now the bui1.ders' are trying to make that lasso .ev en mo re S·9Cur.e by c irc l ing the o l d ghetto with a n ew, "quality", middle-c las.s ghetto-but still a· ghetto-- still in the l asso • . It cannot be ....-. . ,allowed to continue• . ' - Tt' we don ' t sudaenl y want to discover that W atts ' is not 3000 · mil es away in Los Angel es but ri ght outside our door i n BaTtim'Or.e , we muftt start to disentang le·- -no, to cut--that l a s so -- NOW. The Future ' hea lth 'and vitality of our cities ' d'epend on .-. effective dese g regation. W can never really Solve the problems e of seg regated schools, recTeational facilities , pub lic accomodations , etc. or r es olve the differential tre atment in. the supply . of innumerable connnun ity servic es until large- scale proThe g ress is made in the field of an open housing market. Negro mus t be fr ee to bid in t hi s market according ~o .. h~s ne eds and ability to pay , unhrunpered by a ll t he a1't1f1c1a l restrictions he f a c es today. �CORE thus accepts that the Negro can never be truly free so l ong as he is denied the traditional fr eedom taken for granted by a ll others in l~erica , except ing only crilllinals and aliens, to move when he like s and to choose fr eel y his p referred plac e of residence accordi ng only to his needs , tastes and pocketbook. As a consequence , this summer , CORE has followed many months of intensive study . of segregated housing , in all its gu is e s, with direct a ction in the field • . . ' 11 try to summarize briefly some of these ~Vle .ac tivities. . . ~. have b een made ~ and are continuing to ge t both 'the .Efforts 1 Real ' Estate Boards of Maryland and Greater Baltimore to clarify t heir positions regarding "open occupancy " l egislation and the real meaning behind their defense of the sell er ' s "property rights" in this c onnection. Despite their oft- repea ted support of this right , there seem to be only two realtors in Balt imore 1IIho genuinely will sell to whomever the seller wishes, without regard to race. fl.,ll the other real tors refuse to sell to. Negro ' s in areas that are now aJ l white whatever the wishes of the seller may be. Is t his protecting the se.ll er ' s rights , or arbitrarily imposing upon the seller what: the realtor regards as r ight? Pressure' has been put on the Mayor , so far unsuccessful l~ to make a Negr.o appointment to the City Zoning and Appea ls Board. CORE beli eves 'this to be mos t es s ential because of the effebt zoning decisions can have on the charac't er of a neighborhood. In the past , the Negro ' s interests have not . been represented and rarely even considered in decisipns affecting wh ere he lives -hence his very life. At the sam e time , great effort and expense are going into poverty programs deSigned to cha~ge cond itions at l east partly of our own creation. Closely connected with this problem'of the deteriorating neighborhood , a CORE housing sub committee is making an effort to fo rm active Neighborhood Asso ciations which can speak with some authority for their area and p r event some ' of , the more blatant viol ations of their neighbor hoods -- e. g., zoning excep tions p ermitting bars anc;l. taverns , conversions of ~unsui tab l e houses to multi- dwellings , over- builcling· of new apa:btments which add to over- crol'!ding as well as further intensifying s egregation and so forth. Efforts a lso are currently being made to f ,orce the f:'iayor to clarify the position 6f jl10rton I'.:a cnt , director of the who l e Baltimore Poverty Program, on segregation. riiacht is clos ely connec·ted v/ith two larg e organizations , W elsh Construction Co. and Regional r,;anage'"nent , both of vlhich consistently discri.minate in a ll their sale s and rental in housing throughout the Baltimore area. (And , incidentally , his son Philip , another illlportant mem- , ber of these same organizations is on the City School Board. ) I t , is difficult to b~li eve that he is the appropriate person to direct a major program aimed at changing a whole set of val'ues and circumstances' in the l arge se@1lent of our population now forced to live in ghetto s which are at l east par tly of his creation. Another CORE housing sub- committe!3 is trying to establish some liason nith the l eaders of the poverty program to enab le CORE to determine what , if any , policy they have regarding housing in particular vIi thin the total program. A pos'itive p lan that vlill not only b etter housing condi tions but " reverse the trend toward more ' intensive segrega tion that has be en taking p l ace in the la s t tv/o decades is of vital importance a t this time if we are to prevent a widespread racial exnlosion in Baltimore. CORE ' s prime atta cK on the evil s of segregated housing in the outer city and metropol itan area has been directed at the Apar tment House Owners As sociation of Maryland. As long ago as June 1964, CORE made its first of many attempts to contact both individual apartment owners and managers and representatives of the Apartment House Own ers Association. They had hoped to ob tain co- operation from these individuals in determining the nature and extent of discrimination against Negroe s in the Baltimore metropolitan area and possible ways of 8nl icably'achieving more integra tion. V lith r are exc ep tion, al l these letters we re completely ignored--not even the courtesy of a reply--until July of this year • - . �\ 3 At that time a group from CO RE, together with representatives fm!lll1 a number of other human rights groups , presented the Ass ociation with a li st of seven proposa l s regarding the a dop tion and implementation of a policy of voluntary open occupancy now in the renta l of a ll t heir apartment units. Following this presentation , a meeting wa s held with representat i ves from the Apartment House Owners Asso ciation on July 29 to discus s the proposals. After this meet ing the Association pUblicly a nnounc ed their supp ort for me tropolitan or sta te open ocaupancy l egisl ation and the members expressed their willingness to hel p win the support of the public for such legisl at ion. ( These points had been a part of t wo of the p roposa ls.) The Association spokesmen made it cl ear, however , that they were "afraid" to support city legi slation until after at least Baltimore County had passed open occupancy leg islation there -- a sequenc e that is obviously out of the question. CORE appreCiated this slight chang e of pol icy on their part but obviousl y cannot sit back now and wait for this unlikely occurence or vIe mi ght be waiting until doomsday. li/e must continue to press for voluntary adoption of open occupancy policies now. ( See article in the Sunday Sun, August 8. ) A second meeting was held with the same group on August 10. No fur ther progress was made. Despit e an admissi on by the delega tion that leade rs of the organization could probably influence their owners to voluntarily desegregate if approa ched personally , they declared they "didn ' t have the time" and "it wouldn ' t work anyway ". They rep eat edl y emphasized how scared they were about the future of Baltimore. They expressed a wish to continue t a lki ng at future meetings but CORE rejected this unl es s they c ould p roduce an agenda with new ideas that were worth discussing. They left saying they Vlould do so but have not yet contacted CORE again. Hence , the negotiations having obviously broken down, CO RE is proceeding wi th a stepped- up program to desegregate housing now. Having been requested by the asso ciation to help "educate the publ ic" , we enter this next , and probably most vital, stage of our efforts with this in mind. Together wi th numerous othe r interes ted organi zations who are endorsing our effort s -- NAACP, National All iance of Postal Emp loyees , Baltimore County League for Human Rights, American Labor Council, and the Anti- Poverty Action Commission--CORE now proc eeds with its own method s of "active education" and "creative tension". Following two Sundays of planni ng a nd minor ski rmishes , the real kick- off in this ne\7 pha se will begin at 1 p. m. , Saturday , August 28 , from Lafayette Square at Carrollton and Lanvale Street. From there we will proceed to our pre - desig nat ed target. Keep in touch with our housing commit t ee if you \~ish to be kept abreast of this campaign. ,Ie can use your encouragement and active support now more than ever before. If you have friend s or any other contacts who mi ght be interested in this report , pl ease be sure to pass this newsletter on to them. Baltimore CORE 2316 W North Ave. . Bal timore 16 , M d. W alter Carter Hou sing Chairma n Barbara JHill s Housing Committee Memb er �AN APPEItL FOR SUPPO RT CORE has made an effort to outline brie fly for you our efforts so fa r in the field of housing be ca use because vie knOV I that you have in the past sh own some interest in integrated housing and expr esse d a willingn ess yourse l f to live i n a mixed neighborhood. Because we are now at a stage in our a c tivities when we can cons tructively use t he assis tanc e of every individua l vlho is willing to come forward , we I'lish to apreal to y ou personal l y to tal{e that next step forvJard and join us in our efforts. There are a number of different ways you can he l p and your cho ice can depend upon the depth of y our O l'm commitment , the time you have availa ble , and your oIVn evaluation of hovi you can make the greates t contribution. Firstly , you may \~li sh to bec ome an active CORn: member and help to pla n an d partic inate in a ll our efforts o r in those which int ere st you most. Our gen eral membership mee ting s are ge n er a lly he l d on the 2nd V lednes day of every month at 8:3 0 p. m. a t the Yif'ICA , 1927 Madison Avenue , a nd on the L~ t h nrednesday at Knox Pre sbyterian Church at BroadvlaY and Gay. You are a ls o invited to a ttend these me eting s even as a non-member. Contact one of the housi ng c ommitt ee members to c onfirm these meeting dates and a l so to l earn the da t es of our housing comm ittee me e tings if you would like to join us a t t he se. Se c ondl y , you c ould b e of gr eat assis tance to us by sending personal l e tt ers to builders , r ea ltors , and arartment house manage rs declaring your support for op en occup a nc y now and encouraging them to adopt such a p olicy in t heir business prac tic es even without t he compul sion of l egis l ation. Thirdly , you could v isit n evI housing and apartme nt deve l opments. If whit e , you could ask those Vlho show you around whether they Vlould accep t a Negro app licant and notify us r ega rding the various r ea cti ons you encounter and a t "'hi ch deve l opment s . If Negro, your very p r esenc e at new developme nts vlill he l p the builder s and managers realize tha t there a re Negroes a ctivel y int eres t ed in housing outside the ghetto e s . Visiting developments can b e fun too a nd help a cqua int you lI ith t h e ki nds of houses and apartments now being built. \.fe I'lould lik e to hear fron you re gar ding the kind of re c eption you exp erienc e a t these dev e lopment s . Drop u s a not e a t Baltimore CO RE, 23 16 i'f. No rth Ave., Baltimore , Maryland 21 216. Fourthly , you may wish to make a f inanc ial contribution. As our a ct i viti e s are increasing , so , of course , a re our ne eds for funds. Your contributiiDn is n e e ded noVi and would be gre a tly a ppre c iated. Lastly , if you would j us t take a moment to expres s to us again, in writing , your continued interes t in and desire for op en occupancy i n housing throughout me trop olitan Ba lt imore , this Vlould it self l end support and enc our agement to us as we p r e s s forward in this area. I f you have frie nds or other conta c ts that you fee l would JOJ.n you in supporting COnE in any way , p lea se pass t his a ppeal on to them on our behal f . If you should re c eive this Appeal and are a l ready a memb er or have made a contribut ion, we shoul d ap p reciate a not e reminding us of this fa ct. CORE i s curr ently re vising and t rying to up - date its membership , ac tive par tic ipant , and mailing lists. I'le sha ll l ook forward to hea ring fr om you soon. Contributions , memb ership s , exnressions of s upport , and reque s ts for a dd iti onal informa t i on can be sent to t he CORE office , 2316 W North Ave., Ba lt imore 21 216 or c/o ilITJrs. EdVlin S. . l:iills, 2307 Crest Road, Baltimore 21209. VJal te r Ca rt er Housing Chairman � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Urban Renewal Files Description An account of the resource This exhibit presents documentation related to Baltimore's urban renewal efforts during the 1960s. The files include correspondence, speeches, editorials, newsletters, flyers, and maps from Baltimore City and Baltimore County. Renewal plans for the neighborhoods of Bolton Hill and Mount Vernon are highlighted, along with responses from neighborhood residents and homeowners' associations. The complete Urban Renewal Files (URF) collection at the University of Baltimore consists of 5 linear inches of archival records, which are described in an online collection database. The complete collection has also been digitized at the folder level and is also available in the collection database. For this exhibit, 20 documents have been selected from the complete collection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Special Collections &amp; Archives, University of Baltimore</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <p><a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/111" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Urban Renewal Files</a></p> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="http://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">University of Baltimore Special Collections &amp; Archives</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1961-1965 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this digital material is governed by U.S. copyright law. 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Title A name given to the resource CORE Housing Committee Newsletter Description An account of the resource A newsletter from the Baltimore Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) chapter regarding open housing in the Baltimore metropolitan area Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1965 Subject The topic of the resource African Americans Segregation Discrimination in housing Race discrimination House buying House selling Real estate business Civil rights Congress of Racial Equality Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Carter, Walter and Mills, Barbara Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context urf01.01.07 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Urban Renewal Files, series I, box 1, folder 7, Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this digital material is governed by U.S. copyright law. 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African Americans Civil rights Congress of Racial Equality Discrimination in housing House buying House selling Race discrimination Real estate business Segregation https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/3134eabaaa0ad715ffb3445725374535.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=OlDk5RovZFYZS6DrYsESZC3x3%7E024sJ3lL79G3XKGa6xDdYEJK03nbWQAH5liKMeF8C%7EV%7E9dTKavuWIWo8gP9SfS7DHMZHOLk-GV9hzu598jIo28XwWCRmIB0wxGQ32-UUz7dt76ZQQafPdTXEO2Cy0ATR59lxWI%7EF4mvmUco1OMBiycshv7mOzSzKjvAYIr7s6Cq2ZZVZJNPeSbANWhdeebuyP1VihgjK0ywpG6J3sFq1uHYm1SSQGRqWgt6SqJBYBOJ1Dlr7QPNhDHAe3dn5Z4y50tbVzV0GbISMVLMvd6qlKLiFTYpr6PzXaptLptX2d60UqZ7iVNbGhppSz8AQ__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM c311784dcd2bbaac16d73a38cb509858 PDF Text Text . ., , TO: GB L 9W and CB \" FROM: Don Mi Iler DATE: Thursday, Apri I 14, 1983 RE: Alleged Discriminatory Newspaper Advertising by DICK BELMAN, INC. r BACKGROUNP On Thursday, February 24, 1983 I received a call from a Mrs. Lois Stansberry at 4540 Old Court Road who said she listed her house with Dick Belman, Inc. through agent Lou Issaacs, on February 7, 1983. Stansberry's house (Baltimore Map Book page 24, J-12) is in a lightly int e grated neighborhood called Autumn Woods. The 1980 census tract (4026-01) shows it to be 14% Black. It is 'located in Northwest Baltimore County near the proposed Beltway Exit 19. At the time Lou Isaacs I isted the hou s e he promised, according to Mrs. Stansberry, to advertise it in the Jewish Times, Sunpapers, Afro-American, and the Home pubI ication .. this would be "full advertising coverage" according to Lou Isaacs. Stansberry became upset when she found out her house was not gett i ng the "full coverage" .. it was not in the Afro-American despite several requests by her. During the same time period her house was advertised in the Jewish Times for a number of weeks. After a call by Stansberry on Thursday, March 3 telling agent Isaacs that he was discriminating in his advertising and demanding he also advertise her home in the Afro, it then was published on Friday, March 18 and again on Friday, March 25 in the Afro. It was Stansberry's situation that caused me on Saturday, March 5th to review Belman's ads in various newspapers. This led to the following in-depth review and findings. PURPOSE Real estate advertising in general is discriminatory if it directs information to minorities about houses in integra ted or predominantly black neighborhoods rather than to house in communities of all kinds of racial makeup listed by the real estate company. Conversely, directing information to Whites about houses In predominantly white neighborhoods rather than in communities of all kinds of racial makeup is discriminatory. Furthermore, providing information in ads that makes it · easler o r more attractive to prospective buyers of one ra ce to seek out the houses is also discriminatory if the ads are differentially located In publications directed to different racial or religious groups. Speci fica"y, (1) this investigation addressed three questions: Are ads of properties in the monitored publications the same in overall ad content, including company servi ces and information about open houses? For example, do ads of properties advertised in the Jewish Times contain more information than properties advertised in the Afro? �Be l man . . page 2 (2) Are p ropert i es lo cated in int eg rated or predominantly Blac k neighborhood s more 1 i ke ly to be lo cated in the Afro th a n in the J ew i s h Ti mes or the Sunday Sun? Are properti es located in predominantly white or s l i ght l y integra t ed ne i ghbo rhoods mo re like ly to be l ocated in th e J ew i s h Ti mes or Sunday Sun than in the Afro? (3) Wh en communities of varying racial makeup a re named in ads, do these ads t end to be placed in publications directed to minorities in acco rd with the rac i a 1 ma ke up of the commun i tie s ? PROCDURE During th e fo ur (4) February weekends in 19 83 Be l ma n' s ads we re n~ nit ored in the following pub li cat ions: J ewish Times, Afro-American, Sunday Sun, and the N ews American on both Saturdays and Sunday s. Th e weekend s mo nitored in c luded: Friday, Sat urd ay and Sunday of February 4,5, and 6; February 11,12,13; February 18,19,20; and February 25,26, aAd 27 .. The Jewi s h Times i s publ i shed o n Frida y , the Afro American on Sat urda y, the Sun day Sun o n Sunday and the N ews Ame rican on both Saturday and Sunday. The invest igat ion was divided into three parts. First, the lar ge company ad i n each publication was reviewed for over-a ll ad cont e nt in c ludin g th e advert i sed genera l company se rvices to see if they wer e uniformly offe re d in each of th e moni tored publications irrespect ive o f ra ce and/or re ligion. Second, each in d ividuall y advertised property wa s id ent i fied as to th e racial makeup of it s neighbo rh ood locat ion to see if it was advert i se d in a ll of the monitored pub li cat ions or ma rket e d on ly to one segm t of th e communit y by be in g en advertised in a particular publication direct ed to a pa rticular raci a l o r relig ious gro up. Third , a ll ads co nt a inin g community name s were anal ysed to see if the commun i ty named was uniformly advertised in all monitored publications or whether certain commu ni ties appea red in particul a r publi cat io ns based o n th ei r racial composition. A tota l of 332 individual properties were reco rded from a ll three pub li cations. Thes e re presented 71 diffe rent propert ies in a tota l of 17 Belman ads. In order to determine whether diffe rential advertising costs could be a s ignificant factor in choice of publication s t a ff che cked the publi ca ti o ns for the cost of a sing l e lin e of classified advertising. Onl y the Sund ay Sun carr ies a "s in gl e line " rate at $2.17. In the J ew ish Times the sma ll est acceptab l e ad in the c l assif ied sectio n rega rdin g "house for sa l e" i s a one time 1 3/4 inch wide by 2 in ch es high at $18.20. There are two kinds of c l ass i f i e d ads in the Afro, one i s 20e pe r wo rd, the second i s a 1 in ch ad at $10 .36 i f published once-or$17.92 if published twice. The News American ha s the s ame rat e for both Saturd ay or Sunday - $1.80 pe r single line but the paper ~o n't accept anything l ess than two I ines at $3.60. It is impossibl e to compare all publications for general costs, but the Jewish Times and Afro appear to be relatively comparab l e (e.g. a J ew i s h Times 10 inch ad wo uld cost about $9 0 and in the Afro it wo uld cost about $103) . �Belman .. page 3 FINDINGS Belman advertised in the JEWISH TIMES on each Friday in February (4,11,18 and 25); in the AFRO-AMERICAN on each Saturday (5,12,19, and 25); in the SUNDAY SUN (6,20,27, and not the 13); and did not advertise in the NEWS AMER ICAN on either Saturday or Sunday in February during the period monitored. I. LARGE COMPANY ADS REVIEWED FOR OVER-ALL CONTENT AND GENERAL COMPANY SERVICES. In compar ing the over-a ll company ads as they appeared in each of the monitored publications, it is obviou s that distinct differences exist between them as follows: Jewish Times Afro-Amer ican Sunday Sun 1. References to: - All Points Nat'l Relocat ion S'ervi Ce • - H.G. Homes Prot ec tion Plan - Guaranteed Home Sale No ment ion except: "We Buy Hou ses " No men t ion 2. Velvet Hills, new housing development with interest rate informati on mention ed across entire ad. No ment ion M ntioned but in e l ess deta i I 3. Many open houses in each ad with addresses, hours, description of and directions to houses. "Call Office For ( # inserted) Open Hou ses By Appo i n tmen t" Each large ad is almost exclusively open houses 4. No mention of Equal Housing Opportunity " * II. ~v ,~J.I' ~~\J~.v ,r cr No EHO mention No EHO mention (HUD regulations require the use of an Equal Hou s ing Opportunity Logo and/or slogan in real estate ads.) INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES ADVERTISED IN ONE OR MORE PUBLICATIONS . ~ ,~ d.d...u The second part of the investigation reveal ed two types of individual properties: A. Open Houses (properties with addresses) of which there were 40 different open houses advertised in the Jewish Times and Sunday Sun but none in the Afro; and B. Non-Open Hou ses (properties without addresses) of which there were 57 diffe rent properties, 28 in the Jewish Times and 29 in the Afro and none were advertised in the Sunday Sun large company ads. Another six smal l individual ads appeared sprinkled throughout. the Sunday Sun classified sect ion, three of which had addresses. A. Open Houses: Of the 40 different open houses that were advertised in the Jewish Times, 38 or 95% of them also appeared in the Sunday Sun while 7 or 18% appeared in the Afro and then only as properties requiring an appointment. Th e Afro ads did not contain address. �Be lman .. page 4 40 OPEN HOUSES ADVERTISED IN THE JEWISH TIMES COMPARED WITH THE AFRO AND SUN 2 Weeks 3 Week s 4W eeks Total 6 17 40 3 10 5 2 0 2 7 9 18 Didn't Adv. 37 0 0 0 0 Publ ication Week J ewi sh Times 12 Afro * Sunday Sun Not Adv. EI sewhe re 3 3 * It s hould be noted that the Afro ads were not advertised as open house s as they were in th e J ewish Times and Sunday Sun, but in stead required an appointment, he nce no ad"' dresses we re in the ads. B. Non-Op en H ouses: Of the 31 diffe rent non-open houses that were advertised in the Jewish Times, 2 or 6% of them also appeared in the Sunday Sun (a ll other Sun ads were open hou ses ) whil e 5 or 16% appeared in th e Afro . 31 NON-OPEN HOUSES ADVERTISED IN THE JEWISH TIMES COMPARED WITH THE AFRO AND SUN Week Jewish Times 13 Afro 2 W eeks 3 Weeks 4 W eeks Tot a l 9 2 4 31 0 5 2 0 Pub I i ca t i on 0 Sunday Sun 5 2 Al so , 29 other differe nt properties from tho se mentioned above were advertis ed in th e Afro and 9 or 31 % of these were a l so adve rtised in the J ew ish Times. None o f the ads appeared in the Sunday Sun. 29 NON-OPEN HOUSES IN THE AFRO COMPARED WITH THE JEWISH TIMES AND SU N Pub I i cat ion Week Afro J ew i sh Times 5 0 Sunday Sun 0 4 W eeks Tota l 6 20 2 7 3 Wee ks 6 2 Weeks 9 0 o 0 I I I . RACIAL COMPPOSITION OF THE ADVERTISED NEIGHBORHOODS. The third and final part of this invest igation identifi e d th e racial composition of the immediate ne ighborhood wherein the open hou se was located as we ll as those non-open house ads th at named a community. The publ ications were then monitored to determine if ce rt ain communities were more �Belman .. page 5 frequently advertised in one publication over another based on race and/or rei igion. A. Open Houses: A tota l of 38 different open houses were advertised in the Jewish Times and Sunday Sun. Of those, 23 or 61 % of the advertised properties are in 1980 census tracts where the Black population is less than fifteen per-ce nt ; 9 or 24 % of the properties in 1980 census tracts where the Black population is fifteen per-cent; and 6 or 15% of the properties are in 1980 census tracts having a twenty per-ce nt or more Black popu l ation. The fifteen '~pen house" properties located in 1980 census tracts witha fifteen per-cent or more Black population were further scrutinized by staff checking with knowledgeable community people for racial composit i on verification. In one case staff drove through the neighborhood and knocked on thirteen doors to identify the race of the occupants. Of the 15 open house properties scrutinized, 11 or 74% are in neighborhoods that range f~om ~ ll White ·to lightly in tegrated; 2 or 13% in neighborhoods ranging f.rom moderate to heavily integrated; and 2 or 13% in neighborhoods ranging from heavily to predominately Black. In sum, of the 38 different open houses advertised in th e Jewish Time s and Sunday Sun 34 or 89% were in predominat~o r ,l'ghtly integrated neighborhoods. B. Non-Open Houses: A total of 26 different non-ope n houses were advertised only in the J ewish Ti mes. In 21 or 81% of those non-open houses advertised, the neighborhoods were identi fiable by race . In 5 or 19% of the other ads the neighborhoods could not be identified by race becau se either the advertised community name was too large of an area or as in one ad no location at a ll was indicated. Of the 21 different non -open hou se properties advertised on l y in the Jewish Times where the neighborhoods cou l d be ident ifi ed by race, ( 14 or 67% are in all white or lightly integrated neighborhoods; and 7 or 33% are in predominantly white neighobbrhoods) a ll were in predominant l y white or lightly integrated neighborhoods. A total of 20 different non-open house s were advertised only in the Afro. Of those advertised, 12 o r 60% are in ne i ghbo rhoods that range from ~ Black to moderately integrated; 2 or 10% in lightly integrated neighborhoods; 2 or 10% in white neighborhood s; and 4 or 20% in areas too large to determine the race without an address. In sum, of the 16 non-open houses advertised on l y in the Afro, 12 or 75% were in l'feaendMiit"ly integrated or a ll Black neighborhoods. V9Cuc;t::;:ab>\ - Another 9 non-open houses were advertised in both the Afro and the Jewi sh Times. They are located in neighborhoods ranging from predom in antly white in lor 10% of the ads; lightly integrated in 4 or 45% of the ads; and moderate l y integrated in 4 or 45% of the ads . . C. Names: Of the total 58 different community names used in the large Belman company ads in the Jewish Times and Afro, (the Sunday Sun ads did not contain community names but had an open house address) 36 or 62% we re advertised only in the Jewish Times. Con~unity Of those 36 community names only advertised in the Je\.';sh Times, 33 or 92% are in near l y a l l white neighborhoods. �Belman .. page 6 Another 14 or 24 % named communities advertised on l y in the Afro. Of those only in the Afro, 11 or 79 % are in Black or moderate l y-rntegrated neighborhoods. Another 8 or 14 % named communities were advertised in both the Jewish Times and the Afro. Of those in both publications, 5 or 64 % are in predominantly white or 1 ightly integrated named neighborhoods. SUMMARY The finding of this inve st igation show that DICK BELMAN, INC . has allegedly engaged in discriminatory advertising in that the company: 1. offers general compa ny services to the Jewish communit y as mentioned in the Jewish Times ads while no mention of those same serv ices are offered to the Black community in the Afro-American ads; 2. makes no mention of equa l housing opportunities in any of the advertised properties in any of the monitored publ ications as cal l ed for by HUD's Fair Housing Advertising Regulation; 3. advert is es open houses in the Jewish Times with addresses, hours to visit, house descriptions and directions to them whi l e the Afro-American reader is instructed to call the office for open houses; and 4. advertises individual properties and community names only in the Jewish Times if they are in all white neighborhoods or those that are very lightl y integrated while the properties and community names l ocated in all Black or well integrated ne ighborhoods are advertised only in the Afro ' ,' . . Ameri can. The alleged discriminatory advertising practices as cited above are in violation of the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, Section 804 (c) and the Maryland fair housing law: "To make, print, or publ ish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sa le or rental of a dwel ling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, or an int e ntion to make any such preference, I imi tation, or discrimination." The key phrase in this section of the federal and state law is: "indicates any preference". Belman is indicating or stating a preference by marketing certain propert ies located in largely white or all white areas to whites and/or Jewish persons while Blacks are marketed to those properties and communities that are l argely in all Black or integrated areas. RECOMMENDATION BNI should file a law suit in Federal Court aga in st Be l man for his alleged discrimi natory advertising, subject of course with the concurrence by BNI 's Fair Hou s i ng Lega I Pane 1 . �• Belman .. page 7 If a suit i s not filed th en a complaint with HUD, MCHR, and the Mary land Real Es tate Commi ss ion , a ll s imultaneous l y, s hould be fil e d. The filing of a com-) plaint and/or law su it shou ld be announced to the community through a press re lea se namin g the Responde nt. \ ' .' THE FOLLOWING AGREE ON THIS 14TH DAY OF APRIL , 1983, AFTER REVIEWING THE ABOVE, THAT BNI SHOULD PROCEED WITH THE ABOVE RECOMMENDED ACTION AGAINST DICK BELMAN, INC. George B. Laurent Donald J. Miller Dickens Warfield Carolyn P. Boitnott �40 Open H ouses Advertised In The J ewish Times Compared Wi th The Afro And ·Sun Jew i sh Ti mes Sunday Sun 4 11 18 25 6 13 20 7 8 9 o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 o Twelve Trees Velvet Valley x x x x x x x x x x x x Fallstaff x Stevenson Rancher (Brighton) x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Randallstown Stoneybrook Fieldstone Kimberly West Courtleigh Randa II s town Leight!J n Green Randa 1 Is to';;n . x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Mil brook x 19 26 x Cabot Rd, 3529 Cherrybrook Rd, 3810 Church Lane, 8927 Courtleigh, 3410 Crossleigh Ct, 3707 Dell Ct, 13 Duncannon, 4716 Elmcroft, 3827 Fallstaff, 4144 " 4142 Gala Lan e, 2 " , 11 Johnson St, 5908 Joppa Rd, 205 E Lencrest Rd, 9409 M acBeth W ay, 6533 Ma r yh i II, 10 Na ssa u St, 522 OJ i bway, 10 Old Court Rd, 4540 Ol mstea d, 925 Orchard View Ave,9009 Overcrest , 5203 Papgo Ct, 10 Park Hghts Ext,l1016 Sa I t Lake Dr, 8114 Shellbrook Ct, 3702 Southall, 9812 Steven son Rd, 7932 Stevenswood Rd, 8525 Walnut Ave, 3202 Winands, 9319 Winands Rd, 9911 Winterbrook, 8833 Wood thorne Ct, 2 12 x x Ba rtwood, 3809 Birch Hollow, 3404 Byfield Rd, 3816 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 27 Ba nnock Ct, 17 Baronet Rd, 10801 o 1980 Cen su c % Black In Afro As Appmts. 8.08 14.08 .07 49.08 x x x x x x x (1) x x +20 % 6.07 6.07 14.07 28.02 46.00 14.00 6.07 .08 .08 .08 .08 12.06 8.08 15.08 l ess than 10% x x x x x x 5.04 x x (1) x 49.08 15.08 14.00 11 . 07 15.00 77.00 15.08 1.03 28.02 6.07 15.08 1.03 14.07 1. 01 15 .08 15.08 15.08 8.08 x x x x so ld sold x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x " Bedford Village " x x Colonial x x Ridgely Condo x Wi ndr i dge x x Carrol town x Velvet Hills x x Wi II iamsburg/Sudbrook x Twe I ve Tr ees Pk Autumn W oods x x Sudbrook Pk Ra ndallstown x Windsor Terr x x x Twelve Trees Greenspring Vly x Cedars x sold Stoneybrook sold Wi Idwoods x x Stevenso n x x Stevenswood x Va 11 ey Hi 1 Is x x Windridge x x Twelve Trees x sold Springbrook x x Sandalwood Co-op x x= staff checkedl 15.87 x x x x x x x x so ld x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x· x x X x x x x , , , , x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x , 38 or 95 % in both Jewi s h Times and Su n 2 or 5% in J ew ish Times, marked "sold'" (# 11 1iO TOTAL & 32) 7 or 18% in all 3, Jewish Times, Sun & Afro * (1) = smal l ads in Sunday Sun out side of the large company ad. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. Subject The topic of the resource Discrimination in housing Nonprofit organizations Citizens' associations Baltimore Metropolitan Area (Md.) African Americans Housing Baltimore (Md.) Community organization Reports Correspondence Newsletters Description An account of the resource This exhibit provides an introduction to the work of Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. (BNI) around issues of racial integration in housing and tenants' rights from the 1950s to the 2000s. Established in 1958, Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. was formed to promote an open housing market and viable integrated neighborhoods in the Baltimore area. It was established by several neighborhood associations and supported by civic organizations like the Greater Baltimore Committee. The early focus of the organization was to obtain open housing and stable neighborhoods during a period of widespread white flight and blockbusting in Baltimore City. Through education and advocacy, it sought to counter racial prejudice, to fight discrimination in the real estate industry, and to combat neighborhood deterioration resulting from segregated housing. More recently, BNI has focused on tenant-landlord relations and renters' rights. The Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. (BNI) collection at the University of Baltimore consists of 22 linear inches of archival records, which are described in an online collection database. The complete collection has also been digitized at the folder level and is also available in the collection database. For this exhibit, 32 documents have been selected from the complete collection. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983-04-14 Subject The topic of the resource Real estate business Real estate agents Discrimination in housing Race discrimination African Americans Relations with Jews House selling Advertising Classified advertising Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Miller, Don Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bni05.01.20a Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Baltimore Neighborhoods, Incorporated Records (R0015-BNI), series V, box 1, folder 20, Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this digital material is governed by U.S. copyright law. 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Advertising African Americans Classified advertising Discrimination in housing House selling Race discrimination Real estate agents Real estate business Relations with Jews https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/8275d92c7dfc1b84593ba39a91f0b04e.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=V3F%7EB7Bb5eFJUAM0C5DqO6lZENAhmdXVt%7E%7E85-LUd5y4JNEn12JGeOxTNtIhR79%7EV5WjijkunVT1yOcM0LVvQjpeh0MSUBS4gaxuVGYl2nHRe6UPKKFADl3GMquYlBAUEVKkrFezaS4vwQKO%7EJdQ%7E9YZrMNJ%7ETCRdQdiWbZzkhrvBTkRpdpKwHuclqfE9j6AMFdXXBFoUs3GRUYu4DKPlNmDMRJTpr6MkaF4c6%7EX48IYPQ1KSZRotUeI6lWXOn1Yjy0ggWRpq22V3ucYdhY6%7EnCylNCognR3SRWIir3a3erb7jXD3%7E5k%7E-5LCiBPFFTUkEmCOfCPIlRtaFAXQuByDw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM d3855327dd70efb25b23b1c867c7b241 PDF Text Text ._ .... __ -'.J..~. _l~ Judi t . i'-jagids on BEYOND THE GHETTO: A PL\N TO ASSIST NEGRO FAMILIES IN OBTA n~ ING SUBURB\.N HOUS n~G Efforts t o promote voluntary integration in suburban areas have been hampered both by the unwillingness of ;Ihite buyers to sell their home s on an open occupancy basis and bl the shor tage of Negro home seekers taking advantage 01 those listings which have been obtained . The problem has several dimens ionsl (1) f.. wide variety of choices is not avail able in the suburbs, and home seekers will continue t o be limited in their choices. (2) Negro homeseekers do not knml of the exis tence of such groups as Metropolitan Ba ltimore Fair Housing and BNI. (3) Many ;lOuld not wish to take advantage of available listings if they did know about them, either because suburban living is Simp ly not desired or because it is seen as financially or socially impossible ( ne ither of which is necessarily true). (4) Busine sses are relocating and building in the suburbs more than in the City, and time trave l, c ommuting costs are becoming pr ohibiti ve for many City res i dents, both skilled and uns ki lled . (5) Social integration--the ultimate goal --demands h ousing inte gration, and it is only by living through the experie nce that many whites will be able to accept the fact . ( 6) j':hi l e there ar e r efuge s for fearful' whites, they will leave their neighborhoods when a Ne gro f amily moves in, but if the r e are Negro families through out the metrop olitan area, the whites will be force d to resign the mselves to metropOlitan integration and to accept it, both logically and ps ychologically. The assumption basic to this proj e ct is that raCially integrated neighborhoods are highly desirable . This view is admitte d ly not shared by everyone, as some spokesmen see the effort as one designed to lur e Negro leadership away from the ghetto and diminish growing black power movements . This program is n ot designed as seduction, but it is rec ognized that enc ouraging a scatter pattern of racial integration obviates attempts to establish separatist institutions and a"'viable·"~gr o community . The project is predicated on the belief that Negr 0 Americans are only an " ethnic " group as they have been forced into collective identity by white exclusion . It views as mor e de sirab le the recognition of equality on an individual basis, rather than s ole r e liance on prolonged institutional conflict. The components of t he project are as f ollows : (1) Sec uring listings of home s and apartments in all -white neighborhoods which are available on a nondiscriminatory basiS ; (2) stimulating in Negr o famili es the de sire to leave the ghetto and the knowledge that such a move is indeed possible; (3) conveying the t echnic al kn ow le dge of home - buying, FHA procedures, et c., to both buyers and selle rs; (4) preparing affe cted neighborhoods for t he e ntrance of Negro families ; (5) assisting Negro familie s in looking for homes and apartments, filing complaints where ne cessary, and offeri ng support ; and ( 6 ) dealing with the r e sults of Negroes moving into a community. BNI st aff, even augmented through government or foundation grants to this project, would not be suff ici ent to do the total job . It is e ssential that a plan be developed for the use of volunteers , e spec ially in the areas of s ecur ing l i st i ngs, communicat ing with Negro f amilies, and ass isting h omeseekers . The community or ganizati on jobs of prep ari ng a community and foll owing .thr ough whe n the NC6r o family moves should be l e ft to pr ofessional Hor kers . P lans must be deve l oped for the recruitment , s e lection, training, and super visi on of volunt eer ;Iorkers , if the pr ojec t is to s ucceed . �-~ - Contrary to the popular be lie f that suburbs consist exclusively of e xpensive homes and luxury apartme nts, Baltimore's urbanized suburbs offer a range of housi n: opport unities He ll ,;ithin the financial means of many lOHer - income City Negroes . The median value of h omes cMned in the City is !l-9 ,000, a value higher than that in two suburban communities and within $1,500 of three others. Similarly, median gross r ent in the City is $ 76, higher than two communities and within $ 15 of eight others . Some standard real estate guidelines cohfirm th e fact that low - to -mode rate income Negro families could afford suburban housing if disc rimination did not exist . For example, monthly rent is supposed approximately to equal weekly income . Median rent in the urbanized s uburbs is roughly $85, or the amount whibh could be paid by a family earnipg only $L,lOO annually (the median non,mite income in the City), Purchase of a home is · advised only if the price does not exceed times the annual family income. Median value of suburban home s i s near $ 12,000, and could be afforde d by families with $5 ,000 annual income. These guide lines, though they must be tailored to fit individual cases, strongly s uggest that project services could be offered to a broad popUlation of City Negroes, not only to those in the highe r income brackets . 2t There is one serious v·i sk in the entire undertaking . That is, many people in "threatened" neighborhoods see ENI as pushing only f or integration . Our goal, as they se e it, is to "get a Negro on every block," for its own sake . •mile this is not the ultimate goal of ffiiI, it mi ght be ar gued that the presence of Negro families in many areas would be instrument al in eliminating the p01<er of the real estate indust"ry to control neighborh ood integration -r esegregation . ThUS, a project such as that prop05ed here could lead to increased suspicion of ENI and might hamper effectiveness in some areas. This risk sh ould be discussed by the Board of Directors , and taken consciously i f i t is t aken at all. The cost of the project is estimated at $LO,OOO yearly, including three additional staff members ( a director, and associates for white and Negro communities) and tw o secretaries (for routine work and maintaining central listings and records). Consider able funds would be needed far promotional and publicity materials, to attract Negro families and inform them of the pr oject 's existence . Proposals are currently being drafted requesting funds fr om large foundations or from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, under the low - i ncome housing demonstration program. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. Subject The topic of the resource Discrimination in housing Nonprofit organizations Citizens' associations Baltimore Metropolitan Area (Md.) African Americans Housing Baltimore (Md.) Community organization Reports Correspondence Newsletters Description An account of the resource This exhibit provides an introduction to the work of Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. (BNI) around issues of racial integration in housing and tenants' rights from the 1950s to the 2000s. Established in 1958, Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. was formed to promote an open housing market and viable integrated neighborhoods in the Baltimore area. It was established by several neighborhood associations and supported by civic organizations like the Greater Baltimore Committee. The early focus of the organization was to obtain open housing and stable neighborhoods during a period of widespread white flight and blockbusting in Baltimore City. Through education and advocacy, it sought to counter racial prejudice, to fight discrimination in the real estate industry, and to combat neighborhood deterioration resulting from segregated housing. More recently, BNI has focused on tenant-landlord relations and renters' rights. The Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. (BNI) collection at the University of Baltimore consists of 22 linear inches of archival records, which are described in an online collection database. The complete collection has also been digitized at the folder level and is also available in the collection database. For this exhibit, 32 documents have been selected from the complete collection. 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Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Beyond the Ghetto: A Plan to Assist Negro Families in Obtaining Suburban Housing Description An account of the resource BNI Board of Directors discussion draft Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967-05 Subject The topic of the resource Suburbs African Americans Social integration House buying Baltimore Metropolitan Area (Md.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Magidson, Judith Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bni02.01.11a Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Baltimore Neighborhoods, Incorporated Records (R0015-BNI), series II, box 1, folder 11, Special Collectiosn & Archives, University of Baltimore Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this digital material is governed by U.S. copyright law. 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House buying Social integration Suburbs https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/d595475ba9024f3b93aa924a38f4e132.pdf?Expires=1779321600&Signature=nVJFudUKKcVN6p1NY%7EsW6oe9WnFve9obZ5wQx3GaMIEBBuy-zCDCZPKt6WILgpcCPNnLWQTdJMlQ7Emqks7MBKMr7nFBj9u-OAP-M8ftaKaoY4d2BoBLos4CvTC5Of2DtrFw-VX5dpe1rH6xmbgIbLHLfKpX8w%7EnxxONUr0WR4etHWtPV8xxpq6csagyq44gJG3LgXM4YGk%7EgIt8pfLyh-%7EaUpRTxyWPhcgvPktxnBUpFVKMvx%7ExvLNslGJlMhuuvSo0ZPgwFDCrWlCZXtrRYVsWMJ50yPcBgYRW2FYkt7IuqyJ8QED0RYBlu6GVjL5EQ-9NgESLTb3JmAUhnHGE-Q__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 8f175e727faba07750607ead97475ae5 PDF Text Text " , < :A , , • •• •, • Baltimore, Maryland July 2, 1958 Charles B. Buck, Esq., Chalraan Greater Bal~ore Committee, Inc. Mathieson Bldg. Baltimore 2, Maryland Dear Mr. Buck: The purpose of this letter is to solicit the cooperation of the Greater Baltimore Committee in the solution of What has becoae possibly Baltimore's most serious single problem - the rapid conversion of large areas of the 01 ty from all-wbi te to complete Negro occupancy. Until a few years ago neighborhood changes bad taken place primarily in row house or multi-family areas--generally in the less desirable and more congested parts of the city. Recently. however, area after area of substantial detached homes in Bal~ore's finest reSidential sections have been undergoing rapid changes from white to Negro occupancy_ This bas been taking place in Windsor Bills, Ashburton, Fairmount, Boward Park, Forest Park, Gwynn oak, Arlington, Ptalico, Irvington, Montebello, Northwood, etc. Even in these fine neighborhoods the traditional pattern of neighborhood change has continued. First there is occupancy by a few Negro families. Almost imII.edia tely the area becomes "off UJai ta" to new wh! te purchasers. The prilDary efforts of real estate agents becoJle directed to sales to the Negro COllDun! ty or to speculators in Negro housing. The White residents panic and move out--almost invariably to the suburbs. The market is glutted even beyond the area of effective Negro demand. Desirable homes Which cannot be sold either to white or Negro home owners simply deteriorate. Financially stable home owners are replaced by renters--usually of much lower means. The implications of the new dimensions of neighborhood change for the future of the Baltimore metropolitan area are far-reaching and alarming. Unless this pattern of displacement of the financially stable White families within the city is changed, it will be only a question of time before Bal~ore becomes and lower-income Whites. a~st completely a community of Negroes If this happens, the Charles Center, the Civic Center and the cultural facilities of the city will be less attractive to the major portion of their potential users. Tbe market for downtown business will falloff sharply. Assessments and tax revenue will decline, and the financial position of the city will deteriorate. - Page 1 - The decline of the city �'f Charles H. Buck, Esq., Chai~ Greater Baltimore Committee July 2, 1958 as both • business and cultural center will be a serious 108s to almost everyone in the entire Baltimore area. The problem. in BaltiJllore 1s becoa1nq more serious every day. The demand for more &egro bousing is continuing to increase at an accelerating rate. The Negro comaunity, which has always lived in inadequate housing, is expanding rapidly. This demand will be intensified as a result of housing dislocation brought about by urban renewal developalents in the city such as the Area 12 Proj ect and the impending Eas_eat Highway, which will mean that as many as 30, 000 families-most of thea Negroes--will need new housing within the next few years. There is virtually no supply of new construction to .eet this demand. Some of these fUlil1es will purchase existing homes. Others will have to aeek rental housing~pr~rily in areas that have already begun to change. This will increase the rate of overcrowding in aany of the now fine neighborhoods. This will also mean that if these areas beeoae overcrowded, Reqro fUl11ies of IDOre substantial means will again look for better housing. extending still further the areas of change-- eventually into the suburbs.1 In the past, neighborhood change was cODsidered .are a moral than an economic problem. More recently. however. the econoaic iaplications have become increasingly apparent to bu.1neas men and city planners, and have been featured by auch lead1nq business journals as Fortune and The Wall Street Journal . as well as in T1Jae. Newsweek, I and other newspapers and magazines. Although time is growing short in Baltimore, it is still possible to deal with the problem effectively. The Greater Baltimore Committee. as representative of the mobilized business community of Baltimore, is in a strategic position to take the lead in stimulating the interest and creating the maChinery necessary for a solution. The Com.ittee could, as one of the possible courses of action, undertake the project of organizing a conference of responsible business and community leaders for presentation and discussion of the problem. Such a conference would include real estate .en, bankers, lawyers, city planners, educators and others. One of the results of such a conference might be the organization of an appropriate agency or inst! tution which would have continuing responsibility for the solution of the problem. This agency might include as part of its program: 1. Stimulating the construction of new housing available to Negroes-- - Page 2 - �•, Charles H. Buck, Esq., Chairman Greater Baltimore eo..ittee July 2. 1958 perhaps the most iaportant single method of alleviating the pressure on existing bousing in the city. 2. Developing a concerted public relations progr.... designed to bring urban living back into fashion. and to create a climate in whicb mixed occupancy is accepted as something that can be lived with rather than reaisted as soaething which .uat be run frca. 3. Helping neighborbood associations financially in preventing deterioration. 4. Providing epecial aSSistance, financial and otherwise, necessary to stimulate renewed interest on the part of White purchasers in .any of the available areas in the city. 5. Enlisting the cooperation of real estate brokers in the preservation of the City. and in the prevention of practicea Which proaote panic and instabili ty. The Baltiaore business community bas already applied imaginative and bold thinking to the problem of rehabilitation of the downtown area. But a city is not only buildings, a city. fundamentally. is its people. This saae type of bold and imaginative thinking must also be applied to the problelll of What type of population we want the future Baltiaore to bave. Whatever may be the solution ultimately, whether along the lines above projected or otherwise. the iJaportant point is that the problem 18 now one Which must be squarely faced up to, and only a direct attack upon it by the effective people in the business COIIIIIIuni ty holds any bope for solution. We earnestly request the opportunity to meet with representatives of the Greater BaltiJaore COmaittee at your earllest convenience to discuss this lIatter at greater length. Respectfully your •• / If · door Hil'S\\lJI~~v_ent A.soc ation /\JA.<~-4.-.~~, By. Sidn6v Hollander. Jr. AsQburton Area A8sociation By. - Page 3 - ~~. ~ RO • President, and �Charles H. Buck. Esq., Chairman Greater Baltimore Committee July 2. 1958 1mproveaent Association pre.ident By: Faif i t ASsociates: I nc. i ~:yj It ~;!Vl.A (Lo-..,--,,By: Joseph R. Hirschmann, President ~t~Exl~e Director Baltimore Urban League e.£J...?/~ SUluel T. Daniels, Executive Secretary ) Maryland Commission on Interracial Problema and Relations Citizens Pl ing and Ho ~:lflt By: F - page 4 - nk~. Gray. Vi ing Association e esident � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. Subject The topic of the resource Discrimination in housing Nonprofit organizations Citizens' associations Baltimore Metropolitan Area (Md.) African Americans Housing Baltimore (Md.) Community organization Reports Correspondence Newsletters Description An account of the resource This exhibit provides an introduction to the work of Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. (BNI) around issues of racial integration in housing and tenants' rights from the 1950s to the 2000s. Established in 1958, Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. was formed to promote an open housing market and viable integrated neighborhoods in the Baltimore area. It was established by several neighborhood associations and supported by civic organizations like the Greater Baltimore Committee. The early focus of the organization was to obtain open housing and stable neighborhoods during a period of widespread white flight and blockbusting in Baltimore City. Through education and advocacy, it sought to counter racial prejudice, to fight discrimination in the real estate industry, and to combat neighborhood deterioration resulting from segregated housing. More recently, BNI has focused on tenant-landlord relations and renters' rights. The Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc. (BNI) collection at the University of Baltimore consists of 22 linear inches of archival records, which are described in an online collection database. The complete collection has also been digitized at the folder level and is also available in the collection database. For this exhibit, 32 documents have been selected from the complete collection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="https://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Special Collections &amp; Archives, University of Baltimore</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/14" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Baltimore Neighborhoods, Incorporated Records, UB Special Collections &amp; Archives</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/">University of Baltimore Special Collections &amp; Archives</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1958-2009 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This material may be quoted or reproduced for personal and educational purposes without prior permission, provided appropriate credit is given. When crediting the use of portions from this site or materials within that are copyrighted by us, please use the citation: "Used with permission of the University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archvies." Any commercial use of this material is prohibited without prior permission from the Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore. Commercial requests for use of the images or related text must be submitted in writing to: Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore, H. Mebane Turner Learning Commons, 1415 Maryland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource text/pdf Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context R0015-BNI Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2019-09 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 32 items Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Solicitation of Cooperation with the Greater Baltimore Committee by Neighborhood Associations Description An account of the resource Correspondence writen to Charles B. Buck, Esq. of the Greater Baltimore Committee by Sidney Hollander, Jr. of the Windsor Hills Improvement Association, Ellsworth E. Rosen and Mevin J. Sykes of the Ashburton Area Association, John P. Mollett of the Mount Royal Improvement Association, Joseph R. Hirschmann of the Fairmount Associates, Inc., Furman Templeton of the Baltimore Urban League, Samuel T. Daniels of the Maryland Commission on Interracial Problems and Relations, and Frank T. Gray of the Citizens Planning and Housing Association of Baltimore. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1958-07-02 Subject The topic of the resource African Americans Housing Civic leaders Citizens' associations Neighborhoods Social stability Greater Baltimore Committee, Inc. Baltimore Metropolitan Area (Md.) Hollander, Sidney, 1881-1972 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hollander, Jr., Sidney, et al Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context bni01.01.06b Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Baltimore Neighborhoods, Incorporated Records (R0015-BNI), series I, box 1, folder 6, Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of this digital material is governed by U.S. copyright law. The University of Baltimore Special Collections and Archives makes digital surrogates of collections accessible if they are in the public domain, the rights are owned by the University of Baltimore, the Special Collections and Archives has permission to make them accessible, or there are no known restrictions on use. Due to the nature of archival collections, rights information is not always discernible. The Special Collections and Archives is eager to hear from any rights owners wishing to provide accurate information. Upon request, material will be removed from view while a rights issue is addressed. Contact the Special Collections and Archives for more information regarding this image. 1881-1972 African Americans Baltimore Metropolitan Area (Md.) Citizens' associations Civic leaders Greater Baltimore Committee Hollander Housing Inc. Neighborhoods Sidney Social stability