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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Tenant Activism"”.
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"Down with the landlords" : tenant activism in New York City, 1917-1920
… Leading up to these laws were three years of tenant agitation and activism during a housing crisis of unprecedented proportions. Tenants worked collectively, employed the techniques of labor unions, and lobbied their state legislature, governor, and even the president for relief. This thesis …
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African American women and tenant management of public housing: A case study of Stella Wright
… Stella Wright Rent Strike. From 1970 to 1974, tenants of the Stella Windsor Wright Homes in Newark, NJ, waged the longest rent strike in the history of public housing in the United States. Following in the wake of the 1967 Rebellion and the election of Kenneth A. Gibson as the city’s first …