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High rent and overcrowding was a potential threat of “slum development” for blacks in a 1947 Grand Rapids Urban League study

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

We would like to thank the staff at the Grand Rapids Public Library in their History and Special Collections sections for assisting us in find the documents needed for this post. Three weeks ago we posted an article about a … Continue reading →

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