Civil Rights Movement
This government commission confronted bank regulators in 1961 about their complicity in redlining practices.
What is the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights?
In the 1940s, white and Black activists in Manhattan protested against housing discrimination in a whites-only complex developed by MetLife.
What is Stuyvesant Town?
This act, influenced by the protests at Stuyvesant Town, made housing discrimination a federal crime in 1968.
What is the Fair Housing Act?
This Black writer and intellectual wrote about the Riverton housing development in Harlem.
Who is James Baldwin?
This 1948 Supreme Court case ended the legal enforcement of racially restrictive covenants
What is Shelley v. Kraemer?
This Manhattan housing complex was known for its discriminatory rental policies against Black tenants in the 1940s.
What is Stuyvesant Town?
This person lived in Stuyvesant Town as a child and remembers her parents protesting against racial discrimination.
Who is Liz Fox?
This famous mathematician wrote a letter of support for Professor Lee Lorch, who was fired for his activism.
Who is Albert Einstein?
This 1942 event involved a housing project named after a famous abolitionist and women’s rights activist.
What is the Sojourner Truth Housing Project Riot?
This committee was formed to end discrimination in Stuyvesant Town.
What is the Tenet's Committee to End Discrimination in Stuyvesant Town?
This city sued a group of subprime lenders, arguing that they should be held liable for the harm caused by their targeted marketing of these loans in Black neighborhoods.
What is the City of Cleveland?
This math professor was fired from multiple positions due to his activism for housing integration.
Who is Lee Lorch?