Press release announcing Rep. Elijah Cummings'(MD) release of a letter to Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez requesting an investigation by the Fair Lending unit of lending practices undertaken by Wells Fargo and other lending institutions in the Baltimore...
Dear Colleagueletter from Rep. George Miller (CA) to Rep. George Crockett (MI) urging support for the 1988 Fair Housing Act Amendments. August 15, 1988
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (NY) submits copies of his correspondence discussing the topic of segregation in the United States with President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the Congressional Record. Rep. Powell's letters include a request for executive action to prohibit...
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
Reps. Maxine Waters (CA) and James Clyburn (SC) take part in a press conference and enrollment ceremony after the Senate passed the conference report of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; the House had passed the report on June 30th.