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NAACP moves to block discriminatory U.S. building plans
The NAACP announced federal and state legal actions to halt government funded construction unless Negroes are hired. Roy Wilkins called unions the main barrier to Black employment and urged equal opportunity amid a large federal construction budget. Legal moves include two federal suits in Buffalo and Chicago and a HUD complaint on Charlotte model cities.
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