UNWELCOMED: A FAIR HOUSING HISTORY OF SALES & LENDING DISCRIMINATION EXHIBIT

Panel 6 (Anti-Discrimination Efforts)

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Bibliography

-“Reauthorization of the Temporary Provisions of The Voting Rights Act: An Examination of the Act’s Section 5 Preclearance Provision,” U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Briefing Report, April 2006: https://www.usccr.gov/files/pubs/docs/060706VRAbrief524.pdf.

-“Remarks Upon Signing the Civil Rights Act, April 11, 1968,” Texas Archive of the Moving Image, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library & Museum, #MP630: www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php?title=Remarks_Upon_Signing_the_Civil_Rights_Act%2C_April_11%2C_1968.   

-“The Shelley House” National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1988: https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/88000437.

 

Image Citation

-National Register Nomination, “The Shelley House” National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1988: https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/88000437

Shelley v. Kraemer Text, Shelley v. Kraemer, Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1947, Library of Congress:  https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep334/usrep334001/usrep334001.pdf

-Civil Rights Act of 1964, 71 Stat. 637 – An Act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United States. Statutes at Large. 88th Congress, 2nd Session. Public Law 88-352 (H.R. 7156). Tuesday, January 7, 1964. U.S. Government Publishing Office: https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=97&page=transcript

-Voting Rights Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 437 – An Act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States and for other purposes. Statutes at Large. 89th Congress, 1st Session. Public Law 89-110 (S. 1564). Monday, January 4, 1965. U.S. Government Publishing Office: https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=100&page=pdf.

Jones v. Mayer Text, Jones v. Mayer, Supreme Court of the United States, 1968, Library of Congress: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep392/usrep392409/usrep392409.pdf

-Change in Homeownership Post Fair Housing Act & Homeownership Rate by Race & Ethnicity Visualizations, Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana, 2020-2022 

Timeline

Panel 1 (Introduction)

Panel 2 (Racial Covenants)

Panel 3 (Neighborhood Intimidation)

Panel 4 (Redlining)

Panel 5 (Blockbusting & Steering)

Panel 6 (Anti-Discrimination Efforts)

Panel 7 (New Forms of Discrimination)

Panel 8 (Today’s Outcomes & Strategies)