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The Seattle Open Housing Campaign, 1959-1968 - Home
Introduction
Restrictive Covenants
O'Meara v. Washington State Board Against Discrimination
State Fair Housing Legislation
The NAACP Request
The Citizens' Advisory Committee on Minority Housing
Protest: Sit-in and Freedom March, 1963
"An Open Hearing for Closed Minds"
The People Vote
Years of Ferment: 1964-1967
Open Housing, 1968
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The Seattle Open Housing Campaign, 1959-1968

Westberg
Former Republican state legislator Alfred J. Westberg chaired the
Citizen's Advisory Committee on Minority Housing. Appointed by the Mayor, he later chaired the Seattle Human Rights Commission.

Courtesy: Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 86.5.44535,
Museum of History and Industry.

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