North End Tenants Threaten Rent Strike

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Title

North End Tenants Threaten Rent Strike

Description

30 African-American tenants organized rent strikes in the North End in the hope that it would improve "ghetto housing conditions". This was organized by the Black Housing League to break a cycle by applying economic pressure on landlords and the city.

Creator

Theodore Driscoll

Source

Hartford Courant, June 5, 1968
(ProQuest)

Publisher

Hartford Courant
(ProQuest)

Date

June 5, 1968

Contributor

Liberal Arts Action Lab Housing Equity Team
Watkinson Library, Trinity College

Rights

Hartford Courant
(ProQuest)

Format

Print Newspaper Article

Language

English

Type

Newspaper

Coverage

Hartford, CT

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Original Format

Newspaper