On April 10, 1968, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, a landmark law aimed at ending housing discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin. Signed the next day by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the law included the Fair Housing Act, which strengthened existing protections and made it illegal to deny rental or […]

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