Herbert Hoover actually said...

It is my hope that you, who are among the acknowledged leaders of your race, may find in the work of this committee an opportunity to carry the study of this subject farther than it has been carried before.

Context

Message to the Committee on Negro Housing of the White House Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership.

04/23/1931

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