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Williams founded [[Dogwood Housing Limited Partnership]] (1980-2007) which purchased and rehabilitated homes for low-income tenants.<ref name="hook" />
Williams founded [[Dogwood Housing Limited Partnership]] (1980-2007) which purchased and rehabilitated homes for low-income tenants.<ref name="hook" />
 
==External Links==
[http://www.kaltura.com/kwidget/wid/_419852/entry_id/1_8ufd4x2q Interview with Eugene Williams about civil rights, provided by the UVA Library]
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Eugene Williams is a Charlottesville civil rights activist. As chair of the NAACP in 1954, Williams fought to desegregate Charlottesville public schools. Williams was party to a lawsuit that ultimately enabled his third-grade daughter Scheryl Williams to attend Johnson Elementary School in 1960.[1]

Williams founded Dogwood Housing Limited Partnership (1980-2007) which purchased and rehabilitated homes for low-income tenants.[1]

External Links

Interview with Eugene Williams about civil rights, provided by the UVA Library

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Web. Tectonic shift: Eugene Williams loosens his tie, Lisa Provence, The Hook, Better Publications LLC, 5 April 2007, retrieved 21 June 2011.