Event hosted at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Date unknown, ca. 1967-1968
Excerpts of speech delivered by Sen. Edward Brooke at B’nai B’rith Humanitarian Award Dinner
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Fair Housing
Congresswoman Corrine Brown to Hose Foreclosure Workshop in Jacksonville (2009)
Press release announcing district-level foreclosure workshop hosted by Rep. Corrine Brown (FL). March 26, 2009
Memorandum to CBC on interest group meeting with Chester McGuire of HUD (1977)
Memorandum and attached notes from Congressional Black Caucus October 20, 1977 meeting with Chester McGuire, Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and Urban Development. November 2, 1977
Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Highlights of the 96th Congress (ca. 1979-1980)
Document includes brief section on CBC support of legislation to strengthen fair housing enforcement. Date unknown (ca. 1979-1981)
Letter to President Barack Obama from Members of Congress requesting an executive order directing the Department of Treasury to amend their Hardest Hit Fund (2013)
Signed by CBC members Reps. John Lewis (GA), Corrine Brown (FL), Andre Carson (IN), John Conyers (MI), Danny K. Davis (IL), Henry "Hank" Johnson (GA), Barbara Lee (CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Charles B. Rangel (NY), David Scott (GA), Terri Sewell (AL), Bennie G....
Negroes and the Open Society(ca. 1967-1968)
Statement by Sen. Edward Brooke (MA) on the interrelated issues caused by racial discrimination in the United States. Date unknown, ca. 1967-1968
Rep. Parren Mitchell on including testing in Fair Housing Amendments Act – Congressional Record (1980)
Rep. Parren Mitchell (MD) addresses the debate over testing in enforcement of Fair Housing law. June 12, 1980
Letter from Rep. Elijah Cummings to Inspector General or the Federal Housing Finance Agency requesting an investigation into allegations of abuses in processing Fannie Mae foreclosures (2011)
Letter from Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD) to Mr. Steve Linick, Inspector General or the Federal Housing Finance Agency, requesting an investigation into allegations of abuse by attorneys and law firms hired to process foreclosures for Fannie Mae (2011) February 25, 2011
Congressional Black Caucus letter to colleagues regarding block grants and reconciliation (1981)
Letter from Del. Walter Fauntroy (DC), Chairman of CBC, and other CBC members asking members of Congress to join the Caucus in opposing block grant proposals from the Reagan administration. Signatures include: Del. Walter Fauntroy (DC), Reps. Ronald Dellums (CA),...
Representative Waters Announces Two Major Legislative Initiatives to Address Growing Foreclosure Crisis (2008)
Press release from Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) announcing introduction of The Foreclosure Prevention and Sound Mortgage Servicing Act (H.R. 5679) and the Neighborhood Rescue and Stabilization Act (H.R. 5678). April 2, 2008
Cummings Releases Statement on Wells Fargo Agreement with the city of Baltimore (2012)
In this press release, Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD) applauds a settlement announced by the Department of Justice and Wells Fargo in a case investigating the bank's lending practices prior to the 2007 economic crisis. July 12, 2012
Brooke Seeks New Housing Strategy (1971)
Press release from the office of Sen. Edward Brooke (MA) detailing the senator's co-introduction of two bills to redirect and expand federal housing programs. December 10, 1971