Fair Housing Act Passes After MLK Assassination Overcomes National Association of Real Estate Boards Decades of Opposition
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Fair Housing Act (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968) into law one week after Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, or sex. The …
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr.
National Association of Real Estate Boards
National Association of Realtors
House Rules Committee
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