Documents Tagged ‘housing’
Landlords Profit While South Sides Goes To Pot
Archive Entry Date: 12/05/1963
For lack of a better option, Peoria's blacks were forced to rent overpriced and poorly maintained housing
Negro Effect on Property Put To Test
Archive Entry Date: 08/07/1963
A newspaper investigation found property values rarely dropped when a “colored family” moved in
Gwynn Says There IS Racial Tension in Peoria
Archive Entry Date: 06/22/1963
Peoria's NAACP president argued that racial tension suffused “almost every phase of life in Peoria”
Human Relations Report Cites Negro Gains Here
Archive Entry Date: 01/26/1959
Despite recent accomplishments, overcrowding in the “black belt” of Peoria remained a problem