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                    <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)

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                    <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
.. -.

_ '...

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.... 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&gt;.TION.
·I tt·s , .up to us
to penetrate those guises . - - TO . OPEN THAT DOOR -- NOW•
... . .

&lt; •

~,

-. .

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&lt;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 •

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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

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