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 [South Boston housing projects] Original Airdate: 10/29/1987 Length: 00:03:39 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Meg Vaillancourt reports that Ray Flynn (Mayor of Boston) has pledged to integrate public housing projects in South Boston by next year. Vaillancourt notes that there are no African American families among the 2400 families living in the Old Colony Housing Project in South Boston. Vaillancourt interviews Flynn. Flynn says that the housing projects will be integrated in a responsible manner. He talks about integration of public housing projects in Charlestown. Vaillancourt reports that civil rights advocates accuse the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) of ignoring non-white families on the waiting list for apartments in South Boston projects. Vaillancourt interviews Alex Rodriguez (Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination). Rodriguez says that the BHA's housing policies are illegal. Rodriguez threatens to take action against the city. Vaillancourt reports that the pace of integration in the housing projects has been slow. She adds that the South Boston residents are opposed to integration. Vaillancourt's report includes footage of South Boston housing project residents talking about their opposition to integration. Residents say that the quality of life will decline if African American families move into the project. Other residents say that violence will erupt if the projects are integrated. Vaillancourt interviews an African American laborer who says that he would not mind moving into a housing project in South Boston. Contributor : Reporter Meg Vaillancourt
Subject : Keywords Discrimination Public housing - Integration Subject : Personal Names Flynn, Raymond Rodriguez, Alex Vaillancourt, Meg Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Boston Housing Authority (BHA) Old Colony Housing Project Subject : Geographic Locations South Boston (Boston, Mass.) Type : Genre News - Television |
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