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This is a collection of documents related to economic development and the Community Self-Determination Bill. Materials include a report from Urban Coalition, press releases, a miscellaneous document related to income inequality, and a letter from…

Newsletter outlining CORENCO/CORE efforts to partner with Warner & Swasey to bring manufacturing into the black community.

A proposal drafted by CORE to create the basis for a national community development corporation.

Newspaper articles discuss income inequality and economic discrimination. Some discussion of Cleveland Target City Project and Ford Foundation assistance.

A brief history of Maryland Freedom Union - its creation and activities with CORE.

A similar community development corporation emerged in Michigan. The CDC ran businesses which employed local community people. The CDC also worked on housing access for low income residents.

The memorandum from Philip Carter to Will Ussery addresses the Leland Schubert contribution and notes that the Cleveland TCP will serve as a clearinghouse for all research on economic development. The second item is a memo from Jack Olive (a…

A short information pamphlet on poverty in the United STates

Short summary of black progress from slavery to freedom.

This document outlines the basis for CORE's request to take black power to its next phase. The document was written by Antoine Perot and edited by Ruth (Turner) Perot