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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
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Letter from Gwendoline Fortune to Dr. Herman S. Bloch, July 19, 1967
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Fortune, Gwendoline Y. (1926-2014)
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Letter from Gwendoline Fortune to Herman Bloch and Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) protesting the harassment of her sons by the Skokie Police Department.
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1967-07-19
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Skokie (Ill.)
Law enforcement--Illinois
Police misconduct--Illinois
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Illinois--Cook County
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Gwendoline Y. Fortune
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0021
2016.020.021
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society (<a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">http://www.skokiehistory.org/</a>)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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PDF
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1967
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Don Perille papers
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Human Relations Commission
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
Relation
A related resource
<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
Text
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Letter from Charlotte Goodstein to Mayor Albert J. Smith, October 16, 1967
Creator
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Goodstein, Charlotte
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Letter from Charlotte Goodstein to Mayor Albert J. Smith commending him and the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) on the passing of fair housing legislation.
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1967-10-16
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Skokie (Ill.)
Law enforcement--Illinois
Fair housing
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In Copyright</a> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Charlotte Goodstein
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0022
2016.020.022
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society (<a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">http://www.skokiehistory.org/</a>)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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paper
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1 page
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PDF
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Text
1960s (1960-1969)
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Don Perille papers
fair housing
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Human Relations Commission
integration
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
Relation
A related resource
<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Letter from Ernest V. Yancey to Herman S. Bloch, October 18, 1967
Creator
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Yancey, Ernest V.
Abstract
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Letter from Ernest V. Yancey, director of Housing and Community Services, congratulating Dr. Herman S. Bloch and the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) on the enactment of the Fair Housing Ordinance.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1967-10-18
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Spatial characteristics of the resource.
http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
Subject
The topic of the resource
Skokie (Ill.)
Law enforcement--Illinois
Fair housing
Rights
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In Copyright</a> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Ernest V. Yancey
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0023
2016.020.023
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society (<a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">http://www.skokiehistory.org/</a>)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1960s (1960-1969)
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paper
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1 page
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PDF
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Don Perille papers
fair housing
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Human Relations Commission
integration
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
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Wall Street Journal clipping from J.H. Thornton to Dr. Block [sic]
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Thornton, J.H.
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Contains clippings of Wall Street Journal newspaper article, "Integrating Suburbia: Negro Real Estate Man Eases Black Families Into White Sections".
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1969-02-20
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Integration
Fair housing
Wall Street Journal
Kansas City (Mo.)--Race relations
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J. H. Thornton
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0024
2016.020.024
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society (<a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">http://www.skokiehistory.org/</a>)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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paper, newsprint
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2 pages
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PDF
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1960s (1960-1969)
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Don Perille papers
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
Relation
A related resource
<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
Text
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Letter from Louis Hennes to Mayor Albert J. Smith, September 26, 1970
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Hennes, Louis
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Letter expressing concern over the Fair Housing Ordinance and the impact of integration on the safety of Skokie, Illinois.
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1970-09-26
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
Subject
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Skokie (Ill.)
Fair housing
Racism--Illinois--Cook County
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Louis Hennes
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0025
2016.020.025
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society (<a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">http://www.skokiehistory.org/</a>)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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paper
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2 pages
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PDF
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1970s (1970-1979)
correspondence
Don Perille papers
fair housing
integration
racism
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
Relation
A related resource
<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Letter from Harold Goldmeier to Mayor Albert J. Smith, December 11, 1970
Creator
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Goldmeier, Harold
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Letter with attached statement describing an incident of potential police misconduct against teens in Skokie, Illinois, by Morton Grove, Illinois, police.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1970-12-11
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
Subject
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Skokie (Ill.)
Law enforcement--Illinois
Intergroup relations
Police misconduct--Illinois
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Harold Goldmeier
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0026
2016.020.026
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society (<a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">http://www.skokiehistory.org/</a>)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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paper
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2 pages
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PDF
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Text
1970s (1970-1979)
correspondence
Don Perille papers
law enforcement
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
Relation
A related resource
<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Letter from Herman S. Bloch to Gilbert M. Raphael, March 3, 1971
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Bloch, Herman S. (1912-1990)
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
Letter urging Gilbert Raphael and the Skokie Caucus party to reappoint June Michaelson to the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC).
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1971-03-03
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
Subject
The topic of the resource
Skokie (Ill.)
Law enforcement--Illinois
Rights
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In Copyright</a> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Herman S. Bloch
Is Part Of
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
Identifier
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SFHp_0027
2016.020.027
Source
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society (<a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">http://www.skokiehistory.org/</a>)
Provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
Skokie Public Library
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eng
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Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1970s (1970-1979)
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paper
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1 page
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PDF
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Text
1970s (1970-1979)
correspondence
Don Perille papers
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
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Letter from June Michaelson to Herman S. Bloch, March 11, 1971
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Michaelson, June
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Letter from June Michaelson criticizing Dr. Herman S. Bloch's public statements on her stepping down as commissioner of the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC).
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1971-03-11
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Skokie (Ill.)
Law enforcement--Illinois
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June Michaelson
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0028
2016.020.028
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society (<a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">http://www.skokiehistory.org/</a>)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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2 pages
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PDF
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1970s (1970-1979)
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Don Perille papers
Human Relations Commission
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
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Letter from Herman S. Bloch to John Matzer, March 23, 1971
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Bloch, Herman S. (1912-1990)
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Letter from Dr. Herman S. Bloch criticizing statements made by Harold Goldmeier about the Fair Housing Ordinance, directed at his direct superior, Village Manager, John Matzer.
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1971-03-23
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Skokie (Ill.)
Local government--Illinois
Fair housing
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Herman S. Bloch
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0029
2016.020.029
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society (<a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">http://www.skokiehistory.org/</a>)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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1 page
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PDF
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1970s (1970-1979)
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Don Perille papers
Fair Housing Ordinance
Human Relations Commission
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
Temporal Coverage
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1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
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Letter from John M. Ducey to Donald P. Perille, April 4, 1966
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Ducey, John M.
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1966-04-04
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.)
Intergroup relations
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John M. Ducey
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0030
2016.020.030
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society (<a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">http://www.skokiehistory.org/</a>)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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paper
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8 pages
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PDF
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1960s (1960-1969)
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Don Perille papers
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
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Letter from Donald Rumsfeld to Donald P. Perille, May 16, 1966
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Rumsfeld, Donald (1932-2021)
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Letter expressing appreciation for the work of the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC).
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1966-05-16
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Skokie (Ill.)
Local government--Illinois
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0031
2016.020.031
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society (<a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">http://www.skokiehistory.org/</a>)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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paper
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1 page
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PDF
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Text
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Donald Rumsfeld
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Don Perille papers
Human Relations Commission
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
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Three letters from Hal M. Freeman to Donald P. Perille, May 1966
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Freeman, Hal M.
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Letters regarding Skokie Human Relation Commission Co-Chairman, Donald P. Perille's speaking engagement at a meeting for Chicago's Housing and Community Services department, dated from 05/03/1966-05/24/1966.
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1966-05
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.)
Local government--Illinois
Fair housing
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Hal M. Freeman
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0032
2016.020.032
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the Skokie Historical Society (<a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">http://www.skokiehistory.org/</a>)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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paper
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3 pages
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PDF
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Text
1960s (1960-1969)
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Don Perille papers
fair housing
Human Relations Commission
integration
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
Temporal Coverage
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1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
Text
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Letter from Edward Marciniak to Donald P. Perille, April 17, 1967
Creator
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Marciniak, Edward
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An account of the resource
Letter thanking Skokie Human Relation Commission Co-Chairman, Donald P. Perille for speaking on behalf of fair housing legislation at the state level in Springfield, Illinois.
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1967-04-17
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
Subject
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Chicago Metropolitan Area (Ill.)
Local government--Illinois
Fair housing
Illinois. Senate
Rights
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In Copyright</a> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Edward Marciniak
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0033
2016.020.033
Source
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the <a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">Skokie Historical Society</a> (http://www.skokiehistory.org/)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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paper
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1 page
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PDF
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Text
1960s (1960-1969)
correspondence
Don Perille papers
fair housing
Illinois Senate Bill 155
integration
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
Relation
A related resource
<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
Text
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Letter from Curtis Heaston to Donald P. Perille, April 18, 1967
Creator
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Heaston, Curtis
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An account of the resource
Letter thanking Skokie Human Relation Commission Co-Chairman, Donald P. Perille for speaking on behalf of fair housing legislation at the state level in Springfield, Illinois.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1967-04-18
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Spatial characteristics of the resource.
http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
Subject
The topic of the resource
Local government--Illinois
Fair housing
Illinois. Senate
Rights
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In Copyright</a> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Curtis Heaston
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0034
2016.020.034
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the <a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">Skokie Historical Society</a> (http://www.skokiehistory.org/)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1960s (1960-1969)
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paper
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1 page
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PDF
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Text
1960s (1960-1969)
correspondence
Don Perille papers
fair housing
Illinois Senate Bill 155
integration
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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Letter from Cecil A. Partee to Donald P. Perille, April 21, 1967
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Partee, Cecil A.
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Letter thanking Skokie Human Relation Commission Co-Chairman, Donald P. Perille for speaking on behalf of fair housing legislation at the state level in Springfield, Illinois.
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1967-04-21
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Local government--Illinois
Fair housing
Illinois. Senate
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the <a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">Skokie Historical Society</a> (http://www.skokiehistory.org/)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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Abstract
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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Letter from Donald S. Frey to Donald P. Perille, May 3, 1967
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Frey, Donald S.
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Letter thanking Skokie Human Relation Commission Co-Chairman, Donald P. Perille for speaking on behalf of fair housing legislation at the state level in Springfield, Illinois.
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1967-05-03
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Local government--Illinois
Fair housing
Illinois. Senate
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Donald S. Frey
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0036
2016.020.036
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the <a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">Skokie Historical Society</a> (http://www.skokiehistory.org/)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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PDF
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Don Perille papers
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
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Letter from Herman S. Bloch to Donald P. Perille, August 14, 1971
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Bloch, Herman S. (1912-1990)
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Letter from Skokie Human Relation Commission chairman, Dr. Herman S. Bloch, thanking Donald P. Perille for his remarks at an event the previous week.
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1971-08-14
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Skokie (Ill.)
Fair housing
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Herman S. Bloch
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0037
2016.020.037
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the <a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">Skokie Historical Society</a> (http://www.skokiehistory.org/)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1970s (1970-1979)
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PDF
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
Relation
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
Text
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Letter to Herman S. Bloch and Donald P. Perille from Niles Township Human Relations Council, August 24, 1967
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Niles Township Human Relations Council
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An account of the resource
Letter affirming the Niles Township Human Relations Council's support for Skokie's Fair Housing Ordinance and offering suggestions for improvement.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1967-08-24
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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The topic of the resource
Skokie (Ill.)
Fair housing
Local government--Illinois
Rights
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Niles Township Human Relations Council
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0038
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Jans, Renee
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the <a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">Skokie Historical Society</a> (http://www.skokiehistory.org/)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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1 page
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
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Letter to Harvey Schwartz from Sidney E. Morrison, August 31, 1967
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Morrison, Sidney E.
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Letter containing the substance of Morrison's suggested revisions to the proposed Fair Housing Ordinance.
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1967-08-31
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Skokie (Ill.)
Fair housing
Local government--Illinois
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Sidney E. Morrison
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0039
2016.020.039
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the <a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">Skokie Historical Society</a> (http://www.skokiehistory.org/)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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paper
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4 pages
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PDF
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1960s (1960-1969)
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Don Perille papers
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Fair Housing Ordinance
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
Relation
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
Temporal Coverage
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1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
Text
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Letter to Harvey Schwartz from Donald P. Perille, September 1, 1967
Creator
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Perille, Donald P. (1928-2016)
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An account of the resource
Changes to draft ordinance on regulating real estate brokers, as suggested by Skokie Human Relations Commission Co-Chairman, Donald P. Perille.
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1967-09-01
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
Subject
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Skokie (Ill.)
Fair housing
Local government--Illinois
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In Copyright</a> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Donald P. Perille
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0040
2016.020.040
Source
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the <a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">Skokie Historical Society</a> (http://www.skokiehistory.org/)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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paper
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2 pages
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PDF
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Don Perille papers
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
Relation
A related resource
<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1960s (1960-1969); 1970s (1970-1979)
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Dublin Core
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Title
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Letter to Harvey Schwartz from Herman S. Bloch, September 6, 1967
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Bloch, Herman S. (1912-1990)
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An account of the resource
Contains proposed changes to the drafted anti-discrimination ordinance.
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A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1967-09-06
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Spatial characteristics of the resource.
http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
Subject
The topic of the resource
Skokie (Ill.)
Fair housing
Local government--Illinois
Rights
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<a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">In Copyright</a> http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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Herman S. Bloch
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0041
2016.020.041
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the <a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">Skokie Historical Society</a> (http://www.skokiehistory.org/)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1960s (1960-1969)
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paper
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1 page
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PDF
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Don Perille papers
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
A summary of the resource.
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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Letter to Dr. Herman S. Bloch from Niles Township Human Relations Council, September 12, 1967
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Niles Township Human Relations Council
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Contains proposed changes to the drafted anti-discrimination ordinance.
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1967-09-12
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Skokie (Ill.)
Fair housing
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Niles Township Human Relations Council
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHp_0042
2016.020.042
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Jans, Renee
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From the collection of Donald P. Perille (1928-2016) now part of the collection of the <a href="http://www.skokiehistory.org/">Skokie Historical Society</a> (http://www.skokiehistory.org/)
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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Letter from Albert J. Smith to Skokie residents, circa 1966
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Smith, Albert J. (1915-1993)
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Letter from mayor to Skokie residents accompanying "Your Home and Skokie's Future," describing the booklet's contents and encouraging them to act in accordance with fair housing.
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1966
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Skokie (Ill.)
Fair housing
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHs_0105
Skokie Historical Society 1986.008.013
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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1960s (1960-1969)
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1 page
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PDF
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971 Digital Archive
Abstract
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<p><span style="font-weight:400;">This digital collection consists primarily of documents from Skokie’s Human Relations Commission (SHRC) and its efforts in the 1960s to ensure open, non-discriminatory housing policies in Skokie during a time in which Black people in Illinois, and in the country at large, were fighting to have their civil rights upheld. </span></p>
<p><b>Historical Background:</b></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Beginning in the summer of 1965, the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) assessed the willingness of homeowners in ten suburban Chicago “North Shore” communities to rent or sell their properties to any potential buyer, regardless of race or ethnicity, highlighting the need for progressive action in Skokie to ensure that real estate brokers were not discriminating against potential home-buyers on the basis of race.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">The Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) was established in 1961 with a mission to promote discrimination-free housing in Skokie. The “Skokie Plan,” a public awareness campaign begun in 1965, was the SHRC’s attempt to avoid the need to codify fair housing law in Skokie. The promotional effort was deemed successful in educating citizens about fair housing, but ultimately, a legal remedy was necessary to guard against nondiscriminatory real estate practices. The Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance was passed by the SHRC on October 1st, 1967, and then by the Skokie Board of Trustees on October 9th, 1967. It was enacted into law on January 1st, 1968.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Prior to this, in 1963 Chicago became the first city in Illinois to pass a fair housing ordinance during a time when only 3 cities and 12 states had fair housing laws. Although fair housing laws were proposed in the Illinois legislature over a period of several years, none were ever passed. This lack of a statewide ordinance made the efforts of small, local communities like Skokie all the more important.</span></p>
<span style="font-weight:400;">The federal government passed the </span><a href="https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2671375?urlappend=%3Bseq=1"><span style="font-weight:400;">Fair Housing Act</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> in April of 1968, which made discriminatory housing practices illegal across the nation beginning in January of 1970. Though the passage of a federal law was a significant stride forward for equitable housing, the necessity to provide equitable and fair housing persists and now encompasses a wide range of issues including age, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexuality. These records from the SHRC and the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance can be used to gain a better understanding of where the fight for fair housing began and where it might go in the future.<br /><br /></span><b>Scope and Content of this digital collection:</b>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Skokie’s collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, promotional materials, pamphlets, statements, and other pertinent documents created by the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) during the process of drafting and enacting the Skokie Fair Housing Ordinance of 1967. The records span the approximate years of 1961-1971. Many are the personal papers of Donald P. Perille, late co-Chairman of the SHRC and member of the Skokie Board of Trustees, who generously donated his papers for this project, while other documents were donated from the Village to the Skokie Historical Society. The original documents now belong to the Skokie Heritage Museum.</span></p>
<b>Online Exhibit:<br /><br /></b><span style="font-weight:400;">Our </span><a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing"><span style="font-weight:400;">online exhibit</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;"> walks you through selected documents from this digital collection and tells the story of the establishment of the Skokie Human Relations Commission and its successful effort to enact a fair housing ordinance in Skokie.</span>
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<a href="https://skokiehistory.omeka.net/exhibits/show/skokie-fair-housing-1961-1971/skokie-fair-housing">Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971</a> online exhibit
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Human Relations Commission letter to home sellers
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Skokie Human Relations Commission
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Letter enclosed in "Your Home and Skokie's Future" booklet for Skokie, Illinois residents intending to sell their homes, encouraging them to engage in fair housing practices in conjunction with their realtors. Circa 1966.
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1966
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http://www.geonames.org/4911600/skokie.html
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Skokie (Ill.)
Fair housing
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Fair Housing in Skokie, 1961-1971
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SFHs_0110
Skokie Heritage Museum 1986.008.013
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Original materials part of the collection of <a href="https://www.skokieparks.org/skokie-heritage-museum/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Skokie Heritage Museum</a>.
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Skokie Public Library
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eng
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PDF
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At Home in Skokie
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<p>Skokie, Illinois, is a thriving, diverse suburban community of 67,824 (U.S. Census 2020). Much of the housing stock is composed of single-family dwellings, with a healthy mixture of apartments and increasingly, condominiums. Skokie’s earliest settlers were farmers and homesteaders, and their homes were mostly large cabins and farmhouses. There was little industrial development in those early days and population growth was slow. At the turn of the twentieth century, about 500 people lived in Skokie, then called Niles Center.</p>
<p>Skokie’s first housing boom was stimulated by the development of rapid transit and good roads into Chicago in the 1920s. Land speculators saw the possibility of developing the area for apartment buildings with easy access to the city center, and many subdivisions, streets, sidewalks, and utilities were laid out. The population of Skokie was 763 in 1920; by 1930 it was 5,007. The onset of the Great Depression brought all this hopeful activity to a halt; thousands of lots were abandoned and some were eventually used again as farmland.</p>
<p>After World War II, many of these titles were cleared and lot sizes were revised to provide for single-family homes with 40-55 foot frontages. This second housing boom was the definitive one for Skokie; postwar prosperity, population growth, and the rise of the automobile created demand for the kind of single-family housing Skokie was in a position to supply. Skokie’s population in 1940 was 7,172; by 1950 it was 14,752. Once again, transportation was a factor in growth: the Edens Expressway, which opened in 1951, provided a major route to the city for burgeoning automobile traffic from the suburbs.</p>
<p>This part of the story is not unique to Skokie; many formerly rural communities grew into suburbs in the 1940s and 1950s. The development of the suburb and the automobile, the growth in homeownership and geographic mobility, are all extremely important parts of the mid-century American experience, and the histories of individual communities contribute to our understanding of broad historic trends.</p>
<p>Histories of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/pfpl/search/">planned communities like Park Forest</a> have found a place in the Illinois Digital Archives, and Sears homes have been documented in the <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/newgailbord01/search/searchterm/Sears%2C%20Roebuck%20and%20Company/field/organi/mode/exact/conn/and">Elgin Sears House Research Project</a> from Gail Borden Public Library. The Thomas Ford Memorial Library, in partnership with Western Springs Historical Society, has digitized photographs of <a href="http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/tfm/search/">historically significant homes</a> in Western Springs.</p>
<p><u>References</u></p>
<p>Beaudette, E. Palma. <em>Niles Township, Niles Center, Morton Grove, Niles Village, and Tessville</em>. Chicago, 1916</p>
<p>Jackson, Kenneth T. <em>Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States</em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.</p>
<p><em>Local Community Fact Book: Chicago Metropolitan Area</em>. Chicago: University of Illinois at Chicago, 1995.</p>
<p>Martinson, Tom. <em>American Dreamscape: The Pursuit of Happiness in Postwar Suburbia</em>. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000.</p>
<p>United States. Census Bureau. <em>Census 2000 American Fact Finder, Skokie Village, Illinois Fact Sheet</em>. Washington: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020.</p>
<p>Whittingham, Richard. <em>Skokie, 1888-1988: A Centennial History</em>. Skokie: Village of Skokie, 1988.</p>
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Correspondence to the Swenson Brothers from the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, 1927
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Letter from the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois to the Swenson Brothers regarding street lights and how they are beneficial to a community. Enclosed with the letter would have been images of the College Hill Subdivision at night.
<a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/id/2049">View the full record</a>.
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1927-03-16
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corporation documents
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Skokie Heritage Museum, Skokie, Illinois
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This item is part of the <a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/skokiepo02/search/searchterm/AHIS*"><b>At Home in Skokie</b></a> digital collection in the <a href="https://cdm16614.contentdm.oclc.org/">Illinois Digital Archive</a>.
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