Fairfax County: A History of Housing Inequality, Exclusion, and Erasure (Images)

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Fairfax County: A History of Housing Inequality, Exclusion, and Erasure (Images)

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Map of George Mason University campus in the 1960s.
1960s map of the George Mason campus
Aerial Photographs of a section of Vannoy Park, 2023.
Aerial Photographs of a section of Vannoy Park
Excerpt from the Washington Post entitled "Fairfax Blacks Win Road Pact", 1972.
Fairfax Blacks Win Road Pact, Washington Post
Portrait of Marguerite and James Mott.
Marguerite and James Mott Portrait
Washington Post coverage of delayed steps to modernize the Lincoln-Lewis-Vannoy neighborhood, 1982.
Washington Post coverage of delayed steps to modernize the Lincoln-Lewis-Vannoy neighborhood
Photo of ACCESS founder Joseph C. Jones leading a 66-mile protest walk in 1966.
ACCESS founder Joseph C. Jones leading a 66-mile protest walk
Photograph of Marching ACCESS Members along a road in Fairfax in 1966.
Marching ACCESS Members
Photograph of ACCESS Chairman Charles Jones in front of a poster in 1967.
ACCESS Chairman Charles Jones
Maps of Stotts Property in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Maps of Stotts Property
Excerpt of the 1950 U.S. Census which shows the Stotts family listed out.
1950 U.S. Census shows the Stotts family
A illustrated advertisement for Mosby Woods circa 1960s.
Mosby Woods Advert circa 1960s
Excerpt of the Springfield Independent entitled "The Freehill Amendment" circa 1956.
The Freehill Amendment - A Major Step Forward
Photograph of First Signing of Reservations Under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949. Seated, from left to right: Nathaniel S. Keith, Director of the Division of Slum Clearance and Urban Redevelopment, Housing and Home Finance Agency; and Raymond M. Foley, Administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency. Standing, left to right: Wallace Irwin of United States Senator Howard Smith's office (New Jersey) and Walter Stults of United States Senator Robert C. Hendrickson's office (New Jersey).
First Signing of Reservations Under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949
Oak Grove School
Oak Grove School
View of Capital Beltway Under Construction in Fairfax Virginia, 1964.
Capital Beltway Under Construction, 1964.
Illustration from a Better Homes in America Guidebook of a woman doing work in a closet in a dining room.
Illustration from a Better Homes in America Guidebook
Front cover of a Better Homes in America Guidebook with an illustration of a home.
Better Homes in America Guidebook
Excerpt of an article entitled "Hoover Enlists Builders" with image of men posing for picture.
Hoover Enlists Builders
List of Early Covenanted Subdivisions in Fairfax County with a highlighted section of a covenant.
Early Covenanted Subdivisions in Fairfax County
Excerpt from Washington Post, July 15, 1921 entitled "Negroes Kept Out By Virginia GOP".
Washington Post, July 15, 1921
Photograph of Mary Ellen Henderson and her children: James Henderson (seated) and Edwin (“E.B.”) Henderson circa 1918.
Mary Ellen Henderson and her children: James Henderson (seated) and Edwin (“E.B.”) Henderson
Close up portrait of Joseph B. Tinner circa 19th century.
Joseph B. Tinner
Four different exteriors of homes in Gum Springs.
Fairfax County Health Department photos of Gum Springs dwellings
A Virginia Poll Tax Receipt circa 1947.
Virginia Poll Tax Receipt (1947)
Map showing 1880s boundary changes that removed Black neighborhoods from Falls Church and “retroceded” them to Fairfax County.
Map showing 1880s boundary changes that removed Black neighborhoods from Falls Church and “retroceded” them to Fairfax County.