“In the last few weeks, there has been talk of causes, cures, and civil rights. The proposed remedies are many. Their efficacy is uncertain. The truth is, it seems to me, that there is no one solution, but there are many solutions. Our cities are beset by a multitude of ills, which can be cured only by a multitude of remedies. But every solution and every plan for the multiple evils in our cities and their ghettos is drastically and seriously affected by racial segregation in housing. With high concentrations of low-income, poorly educated, and unemployed persons in our cities—and without dispersal or balance throughout our communities—our cities will never be able to solve the problems of de facto school segregation, slum housing, crime and violence, disease, blight, and pollution.”
— Walter Mondale

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90th Cong., 1st sess., Congressional Record 113 (August 16, 1967) at 22841.

Tagged: Civil Rights, Racial Segregation, Housing Segregation, Slum Housing, Crime, Violence, disease, Blight, Pollution
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