Richmond Heights grows as model Black community in Miami area
Richmond Heights in South Florida is rapidly expanding with hundreds of homes, new business centers, four model homes for inspection, and plans for schools parks and churches. Star Construction Company leads the development with Urban League coordination to create a welcoming Negro community near Coconut Grove. Residents include John Perry and YMCA executive relatives. local Miami offices and contact numbers are listed.
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Richmond Heights
South Florida
Star Construction Company, Inc
Miami
Urban League of Miami
John Perry
Perry
YMCA
Route 1
Coconut Grove
21St Street
Miami Times May 4 1955 Page 11
Local column and Notices section highlights events around Miami. Brief items include community gatherings, school happenings, and civic notices involving residents and organizations in the Miami area.
NAACP Charges Domestic Workers Are Sold
NAACP labor secretary Herbert Hill testified before a New York legislative panel on May 25 accusing unlicensed suburban agencies of luring Southern Black women to New York for domestic work, deducting travel costs, threatening arrest if they quit, and even selling workers to employers for 50 dollars. He urged new state protections for recruitment agencies, citing growing complaints of a vicious trafficking racket targeting state labor.
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Herbert Hill
NAACP
Hill
New York State
Georgia
Alto
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