Fair Housing

Protest in support of fair housing for African Americans. Location unknown.

Members of Congress including CBC members Reps. Maxine Waters (CA) and James Clyburn (SC) watch as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) signs the House enrollment of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act after the Senate passed the conference report.

Letter to members of Congress from a coalition of housing organizations and other groups expressing support for the Fish-Edwards Housing Amendments Act (HR 1158). 1988

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