1. Public Housing in Newark after World War II

2. President Harry Truman
The Fair Deal
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President Harry Truman

3. The Housing Act of 1949
Image of the summary of provisions of the National Housing Act of 1949, published July 14, 1949.

4. Pre-War Housing
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“Squatters’ houses in Jersey Meadows on city dump.” Newark, New Jersey,1939

5. Photograph taken in an African American slum, Newark,1944
Housing Problems
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Photograph taken in an African American slum, Newark,1944

6. Photograph taken in an African American slum, Newark,1944
Housing Problems
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Photograph taken in an African American slum, Newark,1944

7. Louis Danzig
Image from the Newark Sunday Star Ledger, May 18, 1969.

8. Newark Housing Projects
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Photograph of a housing project in Newark,1944

9. Newark Housing Projects
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Photograph of a housing project in Newark,1944

10. Newark 1967
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11. Central Historical Question:
Was the development of public housing in Newark after World War II a success?