Barry Farm Dwellings, view looking across the river towards southwest with the Washington Monument in the background, 1966.

ID: 3685 ~ Source: The Washington Post
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Barry Farm Dwellings
Barry Farm Dwellings, view looking across the river towards southwest with the Washington Monument in the background, 1966.
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Barry Farm Dwellings

Barry Farm Dwellings was just over 20 years old in 1966, and already falling apart when a Washington Post reporter interviewed residents for her article, "Hope Ebbs and Tempers Rise: Underground Poor Fight Funds Cuts." Driven by poor living…