City of Boston: Fifty-Six Years of the Fair Housing Act
April 09, 2024
April 09, 2024
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 9 -- The city of Boston issued the following news on April 8, 2024:
During this week's Council meeting, the Council commemorated the 56th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act, a landmark civil rights law that made discrimination in housing unlawful.
Its passage came only after a long and difficult journey fought for by advocates around the country. When Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, Pr . . .
During this week's Council meeting, the Council commemorated the 56th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act, a landmark civil rights law that made discrimination in housing unlawful.
Its passage came only after a long and difficult journey fought for by advocates around the country. When Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, Pr . . .