Press release from the office of Rep. Maxine Waters (CA). July 21, 2010
Congresswoman Waters joins President Obama for signing of Wall Street Reform Law (2010)
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Fair Housing
Hastings to Host Staff Briefing on Fair Housing (2011)
Press release announcing Congressional staff briefing entitled "Fair Housing, Unfair Practices: The Prevalence of Housing Discrimination." The briefing was hosted by Rep. Alcee L. Hastings (FL)and scheduled for February 3, 2011. Panelists include Sara Pratt of HUD...
Letter from International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace&Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) in support of Fair Housing Amendments Act (1988)
Letter signed by Dick Warden, Legislative Director of the UAW, and sent to Del. Walter Fauntroy (DC) and other members of Congress. June 21, 1988
NAACP pickets apartment building for discriminative housing practices (1963)
NAACP members, including Jackson (Jackie) Vaughn, III at right, picket an apartment building at 4762 Second Street in Detroit, Michigan for discriminative housing practices.
Congressional Black Caucus “For the People” Legislative Report, First/Second Quarter 1979
Legislative report includes updates on major CBC efforts as well as summaries of Caucus braintrust meetings. Included is a summary of the inaugural meeting of the CBC Housing Braintrust on April 9, 1979. Reps. Parren Mitchell (MD), William Gray (PA) and Del. Walter...
Rep. Elijah Cummings addresses attendees at foreclosure prevention workshop (2012)
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD) participates in a foreclosure prevention workshop in Gwynn Oak, Maryland to provide legal, debt, and credit counseling for people facing foreclosure. The workshop was part of a program started in 2009.
Protesters at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)
Protesters carry signs demanding decent housing at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, DC. Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the...
Rep. Maxine Waters at press conference on subprime mortgage crisis (2008)
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) leads a press conference on the subprime mortgage crisis and how the larger economic downturn disproportionately impacts minority communities. Pictured with her are National urban League President and former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial (left)...
Sen. Edward Brooke (1967)
Sen. Edward Brooke looks over a civil rights bill in his office.
Correspondence between Rep. George Crockett and Walter E. Douglas, President of New Detroit, Inc. Regarding the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (1985)
Letters dated August 13, 1985 and November 21, 1985
Rep. Elijah Cummings with constituent at foreclosure prevention workshop (2012)
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD) participates in a foreclosure prevention workshop in Gwynn Oak, Maryland to provide legal, debt, and credit counseling for people facing foreclosure. The workshop was part of a program started in 2009.
Congressional Black Caucus members on the House Financial Service Committee during the 111th Congress (2009)
During the 111th Congress (2009-2011), 10 CBC members served on the House Financial Services Committee and worked to secure economic assistance and stabilization for minorities, small business, the unemployed and homeowners. From left: Reps. Emanuel Cleaver (MO),...