Collection of Materials Related to the Peninsula Interfaith Committee on Fair Housing, 1964-1965

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Summary

Creators:
Mucha, Jeannette
Abstract:
The California Fair Housing initiative, or Proposition 14, was the focal point of racial discrimination and the civil rights movement in California. The collection includes program files of Jeannette Mucha who was in charge of public relations for the Peninsula Interfaith Committe on Fair Housing, an organization created to promote fair housing on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Extent:
8 Folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Name of item], Collection of Materials Related to the Peninsula Interfaith Committee on Fair Housing (Collection 026). Local History Center, Peninsula Center Library, Palos Verdes Library District, Rolling Hills Estates, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

Includes event program files, photographs, clippings, press releases and publications.

Biographical / historical:

The Peninsula Interfaith Committee on Fair Housing began in 1963 in response to an initiative campaign funded by the California Real Estate Association, to repeal the 1963 Rumford Fair Housing Act prohibiting discrimination in private housing based on race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry. The Committee was formed to raise awareness and promote freedom of opportunity in housing on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

The initiative, California Proposition 14, sought to amend the California constitution and allow property owners the right to refuse to rent, sell or lease to anyone, and further that neither the State of California, its subdivisions nor agencies could limit or deny an owner of this right. Proposition 14 passed, changing the California Constitution, with a margin of over two million votes.

In 1966, the California Supreme Court ruled that the California Constitution as amended with the passage of Proposition 14 violated the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection Clause. The decision was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967. The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the California court's decision in a 5-2 ruling invalidating the California's constitutional amendment.

Acquisition information:
Included in materials donated to the Local History Center by Jeannette Mucha.
Processing information:

Initial rehousing and stabilization of materials by Local History Center volunteers. Final arrangement and description by Monique Sugimoto 2017.

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Physical location:
Local History Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the Local History Center for access information.

Terms of access:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

[Name of item], Collection of Materials Related to the Peninsula Interfaith Committee on Fair Housing (Collection 026). Local History Center, Peninsula Center Library, Palos Verdes Library District, Rolling Hills Estates, CA.

Location of this collection:
701 Silver Spur Road
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274, US
Contact:
(310) 377-9584
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