Boston Redevelopment Authority
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Asian Community Development Corporation (Jacquie L. Kay) records
Collection
Identifier: M202
Overview
The Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) was founded in 1987 by Jacquie Kay, Tunney Lee, and other Asian American activists with the goal of addressing the affordable housing needs of the Boston Chinatown community. During Kay's 16 year tenure as Board Chair and President, the organization oversaw two affordable housing developmentsOak Terrace (1995), and The Metropolitan (2004), which together made over 330 units of housing available to the Chinatown community. The Metropolitan...
Dates:
1962-2010
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
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- 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
- Chinatown (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Chinese Americans -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Civil rights -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community development 1
- Community development, Urban -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Community organization -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Housing developers -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Low income housing -- Chinatown (Boston, Mass.) 1
- Nonprofit organizations -- Finance 1
- School integration -- Massachusetts -- Boston 1
- Urban renewal -- Chinatown (Boston, Mass.) 1 + ∧ less
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