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Natick Fair Housing Practices Committee is founded to actively work against housing discrimination.

Housing discrimination persists after the post-World War II housing boom in MetroWest. The Natick Fair Housing Practices Committee (NFHPC) is one of the first groups of its kind founded in the country. In weekly meetings members - both Black and white - educate themselves about racism and discrimination and teach others about the harmful effects of redlining. The group sidesteps racist realty practices by connecting families of color directly with Natick residents who are willing to sell their homes to non-white families. Dr. Mary Crutchfield Thompson is a notable founding member of the NFHPC; she is the third Black woman to graduate from Tufts Dental School. George Strait, lawyer and World War II veteran, is a notable beneficiary of the work of the NFHPC; during his years living in Natick, he becomes the town's first Black selectman in 1970.

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https://www.natickhistoricalsociety.org/natick-history-timeline https://www.natickhistoricalsociety.org/people-fair-housing https://www.natickhistoricalsociety.org/fair-housing