Abstract In the first part of his interview, Jim Vitarello talks about his background, his birth in Italy and Catholic upbringing in New York, and how he came to live in Adams Morgan in 1975. He reflects on how Adams Morgan was impacted by the King riots and on the character of the neighborhood in the 1970s. He discusses his involvement in housing policy, including conducting several redlining studies that showed how banks were not lending to low-income families in predominantly Black neighborhoods...

Abstract In the second part of his interview, Jim Vitarello talks further about his Catholic faith and how it has impacted his lifestyle and work. Vitarello discusses key figures in D.C. history, including Walter Fauntroy and his experience working for Congressman Silvio Conte during law school and at HUD as a young lawyer. Vitarello speaks in detail about credit availability in the disinvested neighborhood of Adams Morgan, the role of banks and Savings and Loans and his work towards more equitable...

Abstract In the second part of his interview, Jim Vitarello talks further about his Catholic faith and how it has impacted his lifestyle and work. Vitarello discusses key figures in D.C. history, including Walter Fauntroy and his experience working for Congressman Silvio Conte during law school and at HUD as a young lawyer. Vitarello speaks in detail about credit availability in the disinvested neighborhood of Adams Morgan, the role of banks and Savings and Loans and his work towards more equitable...

Abstract In the second part of his interview, Jim Vitarello talks further about his Catholic faith and how it has impacted his lifestyle and work. Vitarello discusses key figures in D.C. history, including Walter Fauntroy and his experience working for Congressman Silvio Conte during law school and at HUD as a young lawyer. Vitarello speaks in detail about credit availability in the disinvested neighborhood of Adams Morgan, the role of banks and Savings and Loans and his work towards more equitable...

Abstract In the second part of his interview, Jim Vitarello talks further about his Catholic faith and how it has impacted his lifestyle and work. Vitarello discusses key figures in D.C. history, including Walter Fauntroy and his experience working for Congressman Silvio Conte during law school and at HUD as a young lawyer. Vitarello speaks in detail about credit availability in the disinvested neighborhood of Adams Morgan, the role of banks and Savings and Loans and his work towards more equitable...

Abstract John Jones reflects on his early life growing up in Kansas City, discussing early experiences of racism and witnessing racial violence personally and nationally, including the murder of Emmett Till. He subsequently joined the Army and then came to D.C. to attend Howard University. Motivated to be involved in the Civil Rights Movement and local organizing, Jones became involved with the Adams Morgan Organization and later was elected to the ANC. He describes how in these roles he supported...

Abstract John Jones reflects on his early life growing up in Kansas City, discussing early experiences of racism and witnessing racial violence personally and nationally, including the murder of Emmett Till. He subsequently joined the Army and then came to D.C. to attend Howard University. Motivated to be involved in the Civil Rights Movement and local organizing, Jones became involved with the Adams Morgan Organization and later was elected to the ANC. He describes how in these roles he supported...

Abstract John Jones reflects on his early life growing up in Kansas City, discussing early experiences of racism and witnessing racial violence personally and nationally, including the murder of Emmett Till. He subsequently joined the Army and then came to D.C. to attend Howard University. Motivated to be involved in the Civil Rights Movement and local organizing, Jones became involved with the Adams Morgan Organization and later was elected to the ANC. He describes how in these roles he supported...

Abstract John Jones reflects on his early life growing up in Kansas City, discussing early experiences of racism and witnessing racial violence personally and nationally, including the murder of Emmett Till. He subsequently joined the Army and then came to D.C. to attend Howard University. Motivated to be involved in the Civil Rights Movement and local organizing, Jones became involved with the Adams Morgan Organization and later was elected to the ANC. He describes how in these roles he supported...

Abstract John Jones reflects on his early life growing up in Kansas City, discussing early experiences of racism and witnessing racial violence personally and nationally, including the murder of Emmett Till. He subsequently joined the Army and then came to D.C. to attend Howard University. Motivated to be involved in the Civil Rights Movement and local organizing, Jones became involved with the Adams Morgan Organization and later was elected to the ANC. He describes how in these roles he supported...