Title

Oral History Interview on Bloomfield, CT, part two

Interviewee

Adelle Wright

Interviewer

Aleesha Young

Interview Date

6-5-2005

Format

1 pdf file, 2 jpg photos

Description

Adelle Wright reviews the transcript of a prior interview conducted on April 5, 2005. She recalls her activism with the Bloomfield Human Relations Commission against block-busting and housing discrimination during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Adelle Wright recalls the block busting issue and the real estate firms became involved in the 1960’s. She reflects on the real estate testing project and how realtors end up discriminating against minority couples/people. The purpose of this testing was to sponsor an integrated community.

Comments

Submitted as part of the OnTheLine web-book by Jack Dougherty and colleagues (http://ontheline.trincoll.edu). Download transcript via the button to the upper right; other files appear at the bottom of this page. (Note: testing issuu PDF viewer.)

Rights

Published with written permission from Adelle Wright.

Series

Bloomfield, CT 2005

Recommended Citation

Wright, Adelle. Oral history interview by Aleesha Young. Cities, Suburbs, and Schools Project at Trinity College, June 05, 2005. Downloaded from Trinity College Digital Repository (https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cssp_ohistory/6)

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