After the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act and even Loving v. Virginia, one major issue around the racial justice movement remained unaddressed: fair housing.

On April 11, 1968 President Lyndon Johnson signed the National Fair Housing Act into law.  Because of this, April is National Fair Housing Month. All month, advocates, organizers, and communities commemorate this landmark piece of Civil Rights legislation which outlawed discrimination in housing.

On this episode of The Takeaway, Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren take a Deep Dive into the history and current state of fair housing in America, 54 years after the passage of the National Fair Housing Act. 

Guests:

Lisa Rice, President and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance

Jim McCarthy, President/CEO of Miami Valley Fair Housing Center

Michael Allen, Attorney and Partner at Relman Colfax

Ava Deakin, lead plaintiff in Deakin v. Old Town Triangle Association

Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia