PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAM
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Housing and Urban Development
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Education
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the State Department
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the Interior Department
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Detailed explanation-1: -Department of Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 creates HUD as Cabinet-level agency. Robert C. Weaver becomes the first HUD Secretary, January 18.
Detailed explanation-2: -What Is HUD’s Mission? The Department of Housing and Urban Development is the Federal agency responsible for national policy and programs that address America’s housing needs, that improve and develop the Nation’s communities, and enforce fair housing laws.
Detailed explanation-3: -The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development was created on September 9, 1965, to allow the federal government to tackle urban problems including substandard and deteriorating housing in a coordinated manner.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, located at 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC, is a ten story federal office building designed by architect Marcel Breuer, a master of the modern architectural movement in the United States. The building was constructed for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.