Massive Economic Neighborhood Development (MEND)

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unitid

{"value"=>"3218235", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1964", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1964"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Massive Economic Neighborhood Development (MEND)"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Massive Economic Neighborhood Development (MEND) subseries documents the initial stages of MEND through the summer of 1964, and includes correspondence, by-laws, questionnaires filled out by MEND board members, drafts of funding proposals with demographic and statistical tables, and background material.</p>"}

date_start

1964

keydate

1964

date_end

1964

date_inclusive_start

1964

date_inclusive_end

1964

Child components TOP

1. Board of Directors
2. Correspondence
3. Proposals
4. Membership and Incorporation
5. "Poverty As an Obstacle in Our Cities"
6. "Income and the Negro" (Urban League)
7. Background Material
8. East Harlem Proposal
9. Statistical Data on East Harlem
10. Baden Street Settlement Booklet on Blacks in the U.S
11. Low Income Groups and Public Housing (Shoshona Lichtenstein)