Discrimination
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Frank Smith Spanish transcript, 2022-09-26
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_02_tra_spa.pdf
Abstract
In this interview, Dr. Smith reflects on his arrival in Washington, D.C. in the late 1960s after working for several years as a voting rights organizer in Mississippi during the civil rights movement, as well as how he became a community leader and organizer in Adams Morgan in northwest D.C. He discusses his work as a housing organizer with Black tenants on Seaton Street in Adams Morgan, which led to a larger effort to challenge Perpetual Bank and its redlining policies in Adams Morgan and...
Dates:
2022-09-26
Julius Hobson Papers
Collection
Identifier: 001
Scope and Contents
The papers primarily document Julius Hobson’s activist and political activities from the early 1960s until his death in 1977. Included are materials from civil rights organizations that he headed, was involved, or helped found. In particular, the collection contains correspondence, internal memoranda, meeting minutes, financial information, newsletters, membership lists, press releases, clippings, and by laws regarding the D.C. Chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Associated...
Dates:
1960-1978
Jim Vitarello interview part 1, 2022-05-21
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_03_01.mp3
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...
Dates:
2022-05-21
Jim Vitarello interview part 2, 2022-06-05
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_03_02.mp3
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...
Dates:
2022-06-05
Jim Vitarello part 1 English index, 2022-05-21
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_03_01_ind_eng.pdf
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...
Dates:
2022-05-21
Jim Vitarello part 1 English transcript, 2022-05-21
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_03_01_tra_eng.pdf
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...
Dates:
2022-05-21
Jim Vitarello part 1 Spanish index, 2022-05-21
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_03_01_ind_spa.pdf
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...
Dates:
2022-05-21
Jim Vitarello part 1 Spanish transcript, 2022-05-21
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_03_01_tra_spa.pdf
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...
Dates:
2022-05-21
Jim Vitarello part 2 English index, 2022-06-05
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_03_02_ind_eng.pdf
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...
Dates:
2022-06-05
Jim Vitarello part 2 English transcript, 2022-06-05
Item
Identifier: dcpl_dcohc049_03_02_tra_eng.pdf
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...
Dates:
2022-06-05