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