Two Groups March for Good Housing
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Title
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Two Groups March for Good Housing
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Repository
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Library of Virginia - Virginia Chronicle
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Date Created
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12/24/1964
Vol. 28, No. 69
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Creator
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Northern Virginia Sun
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Description
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Report on protests outside the Fairfax Courthouse for action in the fight for low-income housing by Fairfax citizens (including Gum Springs residents), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Liberal Education Action Project (LE/AP) from George Washington University. The protestors sought to push the Board of Supervisors to heed their call on the need for low-income housing, particularly for those in places like Gum Springs who were facing large amounts of evictions but had nowhere to go.
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Index/Partial Transcript
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"'We chose this particular day to demonstrate,' said Northern Virginia CORE president John Robinson, 'because it is the Christmas season and we hope that the Board of County Supervisors who are meeting inside the court house will search their souls for a solution to the housing problem.'"
"One protest marcher carried a sign that said, 'No housing is No Answer To Poor Housing.'"
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Research Themes
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Protest
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Liberal Education Action Project (LE/AP)
Housing
Low-income housing
Gum Springs
Fairfax County
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Type
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Newspaper
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Researcher Name
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Jacob Connelly
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Bibliographic Citation
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Northern Virginia Sun. “Two Groups March for Good Housing.” December 24, 1964, Vol. 28, No. 69 edition, sec. Christmas Present: Housing for Gum Springs Evictees. Library of Virginia.
Christmas Present: Housing for Gum Springs Evictees
Sewer Contract, Trailer Agreement Approved
