By Leonard E. Colvin

Chief Reporter

New Journal and Guide

   “Go into the background of all of  the neglected slum areas in this state at least – find the cause – and the answer is ‘Virginia Law.’ A century of sanitary law evasion; a century of exemption from building codes for Negro tenement investors; an impossible formula for laying sidewalks; a general indifference and callousness of conscience on the part of the city officials are at the bottom of blighted spots.”

    This is an excerpt from a GUIDE editorial which appeared in the paper on December 12, 1959.

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