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From the August issue: 1961: UN African delegates complain of housing bias

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United Nations delegates from Africa formally complained they had been discriminated against in their search for housing in Manhattan, 52 years ago this month.

The delegates wrote a letter to Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold outlining a range of bias that they had encountered. A traffic stop is what prompted the members to send the dispatch, but apartment hunting was one of the biggest injustices they cited. [more]

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