LBJ Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968: Fair Housing for All
President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 just seven days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, banning racial discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. The Fair Housing Act attacked the structural segregation that confined Black Americans to impoverished neighborhoods, though enforcement gaps would persist for decades.
April 11, 1968
58 years ago
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