{"value"=>"<p>This scrapbook (1927-1950) is about housing issues faced by African Americans and contains clippings and ephemera from a variety of both African American and mainstream newspapers. Topics covered include African American housing in Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, and Philadelphia, the need for more housing for African Americans, discrimination in housing and the fight against it, attempts to clean up tenements in New York City, and the negative effects of the Depression on New York City housing. The clippings also include several articles analyzing the results of the 1930 census with regards to African American housing statistics, particularly how many African Americans owned homes across the country.</p>"}