Action for Boston Community Development
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Freedom House, Inc. records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: M016
Overview
Freedom House was founded in 1949 by African American social workers Otto P. and Muriel S. Snowden. It grew out of their initial community organizing with the Council on Community Affairs of Upper Roxbury (1947-1949). The initial goal of Freedom House was to centralize community activism in the fight for neighborhood improvement, good schools, and harmony among racial, ethnic, and religious groups in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Otto Snowden was the Director of St. Mark Social Center when he...
Dates:
1941-2004; Majority of material found within 1949-1986
Roxbury Multi-Service Center records
Collection
Identifier: M109
Overview
RMSC is a social service agency modeled after the 19th century settlement house where all client services were located under one roof. It began as a three-year demonstration project in 1964 to provide services to the Roxbury and North Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston. From its inception, the mission of RMSC has been to offer programs and services designed to empower the residents of Roxbury and North Dorchester to become economically and socially self-sufficient. RMSC was originally funded...
Dates:
1965-2002
Filtered By
- Subject: School integration -- Massachusetts -- Boston X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Academic achievement -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- African American neighborhoods -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- African American youth -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- African Americans -- Education 1
- African Americans -- Political activity 1
- African Americans -- Relations with Jews 1
- African Americans women political activists -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Boston (Mass.) -- Race relations 1
- Busing for school integration -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Civil rights -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community development, Urban -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community development -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community mental health services -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community organization -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Crime prevention -- Citizen participation 1
- Crime prevention -- Youth participation 1
- Crisis intervention (Mental health services) -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Emergency housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Gang prevention -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Housing rehabilitation -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Legal assistance to the poor -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- School integration -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Sex instruction -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Social service -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Urban beautification -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Urban homesteading -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Youth development -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1 + ∧ less
∨ more