Useful Links
The Unfulfilled Promise of the Fair Housing Act
Fifty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law, the bill has failed to deliver on its key tenet: creating an integrated society.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-unfulfilled-promise-of-the-fair-housing-act
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Book — Non-fiction. By Richard Rothstein. 2017. 368 pages.
A history of the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments that promoted racial segregation. (Description from the Zinn Education Project)
https://bookshop.org/books/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/9781631494536
The Most Important Housing Law Passed in 1968 Wasn’t the Fair Housing Act
At the August 1, 1968 signing ceremony, President Johnson proclaimed “Today, we are going to put on the books of American law what I genuinely believe is the most farsighted, the most comprehensive, the most massive housing program in all American history.” He was right.
https://shelterforce.org/2018/09/05/the-most-important-housing-law-passed-in-1968-wasnt-the-fair-housing-act/
‘Segregated By Design’ examines the forgotten history of how our federal, state and local governments unconstitutionally segregated every major metropolitan area in America through law and policy.
Film. Directed by Mark Lopez. Written by Mark Lopez and Richard Rothstein. 2019. 18 minutes
https://www.segregatedbydesign.com/
Primary Sources
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U.S Dept. of Housing and Urban Development: Housing Discrimination Under the Fair Housing Act
https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/fair_housing_act_overview
The U.S Department of Justice Provisions of the Fair Housing Act
https://www.justice.gov/crt/fair-housing-act-1
https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/fair_housing_act_overview
The U.S Department of Justice Provisions of the Fair Housing Act
https://www.justice.gov/crt/fair-housing-act-1
Lessons
The Color of Law: Creating Racially Segregated Communities
This lesson is the first lesson of the series The Color of Law: The Role of Government in Shaping Racial Inequity. In this lesson, students examine the local, state and federal policies that supported racially discriminatory practices and cultivated racially segregated housing.
Objectives
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
- Explain how federal, state and local housing laws and policies advantaged white Americans throughout the 20th century, especially during the years from the Great Depression to the civil rights movement.
- Why are so many American communities segregated?