Word: slum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...chief loan officers, explained in a recent interview that discriminatory policies of commercial banks have consistently forced black people into economic slavery at the mercy of loan sharks and finance companies. "Place of residency is given more weight than any other factor when commercial banks grant loans," he said. "Slum residents are eliminated solely on the basis of where they live. This drives those who can least afford it to finance companies and loan sharks who charge unreasonable interest...
THIS IS YOUR SLUM KEEP IT CLEAN...
Hugh D. Calkins '48, newly-elected member of the Harvard Corporation, proposed last night the creation of a private foundation to direct the use of university money in slum areas...
...sorting the offers carefully. Although he is only 23, he has been a professional for six years, and some of the people who want him now were not there when he needed them. Born in Puerto Rico, the second of eight brothers, he was raised in a Manhattan slum after his father gave up farming to find a job in New York City. Jose learned to play the concertina at six and the guitar at nine. The advent of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s inspired him to try singing, too. At 17, he began plying the coffee...
...complete black control of the businesses, police and courts in Negro areas. Newton also demands freedom for all Negroes in prison and draft exemption for Negroes. Last week Herman B. Ferguson, who is under indictment for a conspiracy to assassinate moderate Negro leaders, advised an audience of 200 Brooklyn slum dwellers on how to handle arguments with white merchants about overdue bills. His admonition: take a Panther along as a convincer...