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The Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966 was enacted by the United States Congress to guarantee that federal grants were being spent on set projects in urban redevelopment. It was enacted as a broad urban planning program meant to revitalize cities and improve the welfare of people living in underdeveloped neighborhoods.
The Model Cities Program was an element of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Great ... 1966, by the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, the ...
The Demonstration Cities Act of 1966 established a new program for comprehensive neighborhood renewal, with an emphasis on strategic investments in housing renovation, urban services, neighborhood facilities, and job creation activities.
This category is for American law in the year 1966. 1961; 1962; 1963; ... Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act ... National Wildlife Refuge System ...
Herman H. Pevler (20 April 1903 – 29 August 1978) was the tenth president of the Roanoke, VA based Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W). He had previously served as president of the Wabash Railroad, and served as president of the N&W from October 1, 1963, until his retirement in April 1970.
The March Against Fear was a major 1966 demonstration in the Civil Rights Movement in the South. Activist James Meredith launched the event on June 5, 1966, [1] intending to make a solitary walk from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi via the Mississippi Delta, starting at Memphis's Peabody Hotel and proceeding to the Mississippi state line, then continuing through, respectively, the ...
By March 1966, nearly 11,000 blacks had registered to vote in Selma, where 12,000 whites were registered. [6] More blacks would register by November, when their goal was to replace County Sheriff Jim Clark; his opponent was Wilson Baker, for whom they had respect. In addition, five blacks ran for office in Dallas County. Rev. P. H.
The National Historic Preservation Act was signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson on October 15, 1966. [17] This act established several institutions: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, State Historic Preservation Office, National Register of Historic Places, and the Section 106 review process. [15]