An Ordinance Prohibiting Certain Practices of Discrimination in Housing Accommodations Because of Race, Creed, Color, National Origin or Ancestry by Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen, first draft
An Ordinance Prohibiting Certain Practices of Discrimination in Housing Accommodations Because of Race, Creed, Color, National Origin or Ancestry by Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen, second draft
An Ordinance Prohibiting Certain Practices of Discrimination in the Sale, Lease, Rental or Financing in Housing Accommodations Because of Race, Creed, Color, National Origin or Ancestry by Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen, third revised draft
Copy of third revised draft of the Skokie, Illinois, fair housing ordinance with handwritten notes. On cover page: "this ordinance will be discussed and acted on Wednesday, September 27, 8:00 P.M. at Village Hall." Handwritten note: "Passed 10/1" and "9/27/67".
An Ordinance Prohibiting Certain Practices of Discrimination in the Sale, Lease, Rental or Financing of Housing Accommodations Because of Race, Creed, Color, National Origin or Ancestry by Real Estate Brokers and Real Estate Salesmen
Compiled series of letters between 1965-1967 from Louis Hennes to the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC), strongly opposing the North Shore Summer Project (NSSP) and the Skokie Plan. Includes 10 letters and 2 newspaper clippings with letters to the editor by Hennes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Statement expressing concern for Skokie's fair housing ordinance's impact on real estate agents. Suggests a more holistic non-discrimination ordinance instead.
Photocopy of letter from Skokie real estate agent, Neil J. King, to the Skokie Human Relations Commission (SHRC) pointing out that no Black families had purchased a home through a real estate broker since the enactment of the Skokie Plan, and provides possible reasons for the phenomenon.