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NAACP Takes Action to Halt Discriminatory Building Projects
The NAACP announced legal actions to block federally funded construction unless qualified Black workers are employed. Roy Wilkins framed unions as barriers to fair employment and cited a $8 billion yearly building budget. Two federal suits seek injunctions against spending on projects with unqualified Black workers, plus a complaint to suspend Charlotte model cities work until affirmative action is in place.
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New York Times Service
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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Roy Wilkins
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NAACP
Building Trades Unions
Nixon
Wilkins
Busta
Chicago
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Charlotte
N.C
George W. Romney
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Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc