After Almost Six Decades Black Americans are Still Looking for the 'Fairness' in the Fair Housing Act
The Fair Housing Act (FHA) of 1968 was officially signed into law on April 11, 1968, exactly one week after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Then-president Lyndon B Johnson, used the tragedy of King’s murder to expedite the process of getting the bill passed as King was an integral part of lobbying for fair housing legislation.
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