Clean-up day at Barry Farms, 1966

ID: 4178 ~ Source: Reprinted with Permission of the DC Public Library, Star Collection, © Washington Post

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Barry Farm Dwellings

This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Housing - Barry Farm Dwellings

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…