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The Guardian
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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In St. Louis, Mo., District Judge George H. Moore ruled against racial segregation in public housing, ordering the St. Louis Housing Authority to end its discriminatory policy following a suit by Black families denied admission in 1951-52 while whites were accepted.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. District Judge George H. Moore ordered an end to segregation in low rent public housing project in St. Louis. The order came in answer to a suit filed by families who told how they had applied in 1951 and '52 for admission into the project that admitted whites freely.
Judge Moore said the St. Louis Housing Authority which built and managed the projects has a policy of segregating tenants by race which is a violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States.
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St. Louis, Mo.
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order to end segregation in low rent public housing projects
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District Judge George H. Moore ordered an end to segregation in low rent public housing projects in St. Louis in response to a suit filed by families who applied for admission in 1951 and 1952 but were denied while whites were admitted freely. The judge ruled that the St. Louis Housing Authority's policy of segregating tenants by race violates the Constitution and laws of the United States.