In 1964-1967 the New Haven, Conn., chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality continued its campaign for better housing for blacks and other minority group residents of the inner city ghetto. The chapter published a list of specifications necessary in standard housing as well as lists of landlords refusing to meet these specifications; denounced municipal authorities for their passive role in tolerating substandard housing conditions; sponsored demonstrations; held meetings with the mayor's office; and sponsored boycotts of offending landlords. All of this activity resulted in only a token surrender from municipal authorities in 1965. To a lesser degree the chapter was also involved in publicizing impending civil rights legislation and in ending job discrimination against minority groups.
In this time period Walter Brooks served as chairman of the chapter, Robert Abramovitz as vice chairman, and Gene Schulze as corresponding secretary.
