Public Housing in Newark after World War II
President Harry Truman The Fair Deal Image retrieved from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/96522971/ President Harry Truman
The Housing Act of 1949 Image of the summary of provisions of the National Housing Act of 1949, published July 14, 1949.
Pre-War Housing Image retrieved from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/fsa2000008572/PP/ “Squatters’ houses in Jersey Meadows on city dump.” Newark, New Jersey,1939
Photograph taken in an African American slum, Newark,1944 Housing Problems Image retrieved from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/gsc1994021526/PP/ Photograph taken in an African American slum, Newark,1944
Photograph taken in an African American slum, Newark,1944 Housing Problems Image retrieved from the Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/item/gsc1994021528/PP/#about-this-item Photograph taken in an African American slum, Newark,1944
Louis Danzig Image from the Newark Sunday Star Ledger, May 18, 1969.
Newark Housing Projects Image retrieved from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/item/gsc1994021515/PP/ Photograph of a housing project in Newark,1944
Newark Housing Projects Image retrieved from the Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/resource/gsc.5a11121/ Photograph of a housing project in Newark,1944
Newark 1967 Image retrieved from https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/07/15/issue.html .
Central Historical Question: Was the development of public housing in Newark after World War II a success?