A PRRAC Report (March 2005). By Arnold R. Hirsch, Department of History University of New Orleans. Excerpt: "It has been more than a generation since the Kerner Commission rendered its judgment on the riotous 1960s. Stunning then, passe now, the exhaustive report on urban America’s defining mid-century civil disturbances pointed an accusatory finger at the nation’s dominant … [Read more...] about “The Last and Most Difficult Barrier”: Segregation and Federal Housing Policy in the Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1960 (Arnold R. Hirsch, March 2005)
Publications
An Analysis of the Thompson v. HUD Decision (PRRAC, February 2005)
A PRRAC Publication (February 2005). Excerpt: "Thompson v. HUD was filed in 1994 on behalf of a class of African American public housing residents. Like several other public housing desegregation cases, the Thompson case was triggered by the demolition of a high rise public housing development, with plans to locate replacement housing in neighborhoods with similar levels of … [Read more...] about An Analysis of the Thompson v. HUD Decision (PRRAC, February 2005)
“Democracy’s Unfinished Business”: Federal Policy and the Search for Fair Housing, 1961-1968 (David M.P. Freund, June 2004)
A PRRAC Report. By David M. P. Freund, Princeton University. Excerpt: "In July of 1963, the administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA), Robert C. Weaver, spoke to a meeting of his Intergroup Relations Service (IRS), the “race relations” staff charged with promoting non-discrimination in federal housing programs. His talk came at a time of dramatic change in … [Read more...] about “Democracy’s Unfinished Business”: Federal Policy and the Search for Fair Housing, 1961-1968 (David M.P. Freund, June 2004)
Housing and School Segregation: Government Culpability, Government Remedies (PRRAC, 2004)
Housing and School Segregation: Government Culpability, Government Remedies (PRRAC, 2004) … [Read more...] about Housing and School Segregation: Government Culpability, Government Remedies (PRRAC, 2004)
Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching (PRRAC & Teaching for Change, 2004)
A PRRAC & Teaching for Change Publication (2004). Synopsis: Interactive, interdisciplinary lessons, readings, photographs, primary documents, and interviews, with sections on education, labor, citizenship, culture, and reflections on teaching about the Civil Rights Movement. By putting the Movement back into civil rights teaching, we hope to help students find their … [Read more...] about Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching (PRRAC & Teaching for Change, 2004)