Editing Walter Washington (section)

==Career==
After graduating from Howard in 1948, Washington was hired as a supervisor for D.C.'s Alley Dwelling Authority. He worked for the authority until 1961, when he was appointed by President [[John F. Kennedy]] as the Executive Director of the National Capital Housing Authority. This was the housing department of the District of Columbia, which was then administered by Congress. In 1966 Washington moved to [[New York City]] to head the much larger Housing Authority there in the administration of Mayor [[John Lindsay]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Jay |last=Matthews |title=City's 1st Mayoral Race, as Innocent as Young Love |date=October 11, 1999 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |page=A1 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/2000/mayor101199.htm}}</ref>