Reps. David Scott (GA), John Lewis (GA) and Hank Johnson (GA) join U.S. Treasury Department Acting Assistant Secretary Tim Massad an event to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. Produced through a partnership between the Treasury Department, the Housing and Urban...
Rep. Yvette Clarke speaking on housing issues outside the Capitol Building.
Protesters at a rally for fair housing. Location unknown.
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (CT) discusses the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act at a press conference and enrollment ceremony after the Senate passed the conference report on July 15, 2010. The House passed its final bill on June 30,...
Statement by Sen. Edward Brooke (MA) on House passage of Civil Rights Act of 1968. April 10, 1968
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 on April 11, 1968. The act prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of approximately 80 percent of the housing in the U.S. Newly elected Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts attended the signing.
Rep. Corrine Brown (FL) waiting to address attendees at a Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA) Save the Dream Event.
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act. Those witnessing the signature include Sen. Hugh Scott (PA), Sen. Edward Brooke (MA), Speaker of the House John McCormack (MA), Rep. Emanuel Cellar (NY), Sen. Walter Mondale (MN), and Justice Thurgood Marshall....
Sen. Edward Brooke's (MA) letter to then-Rep. Gerald R. Ford Jr. (MI) encouraging him and other House Republicans to support the civil rights bill sent by the Senate to the House for consideration. March 13, 1968