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Frank Stevenson

This person is a ship-builder who started his career in Richmond, California, and confronted housing discrimination throughout his life.

Harry Truman

This person was President of the U.S. after World War II, and pushed for a new public housing initiative that could not pass with a non-segregation clause.

Harold Ickes

This person was a former NAACP official who became Secretary of the Interior, and headed the Public Works Administration (PWA)’s effort to build public housing.

Robert Whitten

This person was a well-known city planner who said that segregation was necessary for both races.

Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.,

This person was a famous landscape architect, who argued in favor of segregated housing in 1918.

Gerald Cohn

This person was a resident of San Francisco, California, who rented his house to a black family in 1958, and was then investigated by the FBI and blacklisted by the FHA.

Leroy Mereday

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