civil rights

Tom Bradley (left) shakes hands with William Byron Rumford
Kimberly Creighton, February 21, 2025

As soon as the Rumford Fair Housing Act went into effect on September 20, 1963, both the law and the State Fair Employment Practices Commission, SFEPC, the agency tasked with enforcing it, came under scrutiny from the California Real Estate Association (CREA) and its local member boards.


Wright travels on a bicycle to take part in march
Bob Timmermann, February 19, 2025

The fight for racial equality has been fought on many fronts: education, public transportation, and accommodations. But one of the most contentious and, in many ways, still unresolved is the fight to end racial discrimination in housing.


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