Deerfield, Illinois was the site of a battle over racial integration in residential housing, as community leaders and residents challenged plans for a housing development open to African-Americans.
(1) is telegram from Marvin Rosenberg to President John F. Kennedy urging the Justice Department to file an amicus curiae brief in the Deerfield Housing Case; (2) is a letter from Marvin Rosenberg to Morris Milgram concerning the telegram.