1935 - Depression: Eleanor Roosevelt Inaugurates Detroit Slum Clearance. Sep35
Motorcade thru many spectators lining street. Crowds w/ many police near wooden houses in Black Bottom communty. HA of Eleanor out of car w/ VIPs; HA people seated behind rope watching, young girls performing dance on dirt beneath American flag. Eleanor & ?? on reviewing stand w/ Black women standing in front.
13:57:06 Small wooden house pulled down w/ cable.
WPA Slum Clearance; Government Works Project;
NOTE: Street pageant held at 651 Benton Street to initiate building of the Brewster Homes, first federally funded housing project designed for Blacks.
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1935 - Depression: Eleanor Roosevelt Inaugurates Detroit Slum Clearance. Sep35 Motorcade thru many spectators lining street. Crowds w/ many police near wooden houses in Black Bottom communty. HA of Eleanor out of car w/ VIPs; HA people seated behind rope watching, young girls performing dance on dirt beneath American flag. Eleanor & ?? on reviewing stand w/ Black women standing in front. 13:57:06 Small wooden house pulled down w/ cable. WPA Slum Clearance; Government Works Project; NOTE: Street pageant held at 651 Benton Street to initiate building of the Brewster Homes, first federally funded housing project designed for Blacks.