CONSTRAINED COMMUNITIES: BLACK CLEVELAND'S EXPERIENCE WITH WORLD WAR II PUBLIC HOUSING.

WORLD War II -- African Americans; WORLD War II & economics; WORLD War II; WAR work; HOUSING policy; EFFECT of wars on housing; GOVERNMENT agencies; GOVERNMENT policy; AFRICAN Americans

CLEVELAND (Ohio); OHIOReport Available; UNITED StatesReport Available

The author explores the living conditions, as well as the social and political policies of housing, African Americans in Cleveland, Ohio during World War II. Cleveland was a hub of war-time manufacturing during World War II and local companies quickly found that the city's industries had to import workers from the Southern U.S. in order to keep up with production quotas. Before the war started, Cleveland was already facing a housing shortage and the condition of many housing units was already sub-standard in 1940. The author explores local and federal housing guidelines, newspapers articles, and letters written by blacks seeking help from various government agencies.