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in bringing major construction jobs to a halt until Negro and other minorities, received assurances of equitable employment.

• Conducted, through its Youth Division, a constant effort, at national and state levels, to secure a lowering of the official voting age to 18.

• Challenged restrictive land-use practices of many suburban communities which succeed in excluding low-income families. HUD has now taken up the challenge to these closed communities.

• Operated a year-round voter education and registration campaign. Much of the new voting strength of the Negro, particularly in the South, is attributable to the NAACP voter education campaigns over the years.

• Constantly kept vital issues on the minds of American citizens - both black and white - through publication of The Crisis for a period of sixty years.

• Provided a counseling service for servicemen to assure that both their military and civilian rights are fully recognized.

• Complied a list of more than 2,000 minority-owned construction contractors and subcontractors in 48 cities. This register, prepared under contract to HUD, represents the first such compilation ever made.

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