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 [NAACP and BHA differ on discrimination compensation] Original Airdate: 8/9/1988 Length: 00:02:15 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go to full description for this item. Description : Abstract Meg Vaillancourt reports on negotiations in court between the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and the NAACP over compensation for minority families who were victims of the BHA's discriminatory housing policies. Vaillancourt notes that the BHA and the NAACP disagree on the number of families to be compensated and the amount of compensation due to them. Vaillancourt interviews Dianne Wilkerson (NAACP) and Albert Willis (Attorney, City of Boston) about the negotiation. Vaillancourt adds that negotiations will continue until the next court date. Vaillancourt reports that the first African American families moved into a South Boston housing project last month as part of the court-ordered plan to integrate public housing. Vaillancourt's report is accompanied by footage of African American movers at the Mary Ellen McCormack Housing Development and by footage of white residents of South Boston housing projects. Contributor : Reporter Meg Vaillancourt
Subject : Keywords African American lawyers Discrimination Public housing - Integration Subject : Personal Names Vaillancourt, Meg Wilkerson, Dianne Willis, Albert Subject : Corporate Names (Organization names) Boston Housing Authority (BHA) Mary Ellen McCormack Housing Development NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Subject : Geographic Locations South Boston (Boston, Mass.) Type : Genre News - Television |
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