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Race Discrimination Legal History

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HUD Rules Landlord Doesn’t Qualify for Mrs. Murphy Exemption

Mrs. Waters is much like the fictional Mrs. Murphy in the fair housing field – a widow who rents rooms in a small boarding house where she also resides. The Fair Housing Act (FHA) prohibits housing discrimination, but...more

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Sum, Substance, and Social Justice: Civil Rights Litigation During the Past 125 Years and the Impact on our Present and Future

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As part of our Black History Month celebrations, Venable partner Craig Thompson delivered a fascinating lecture about civil rights litigation going back more than 100 years. Among the cases Craig discussed were Supreme Court...more

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Ida B. Wells Lynch Law in All Its Phases - Black History Month

“Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so.” With those words, Ida B. Wells prefaces her searing work, “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All...more

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The First Amendment and the Struggle for Black Equality

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In 1976, President Gerald Ford officially recognized February as Black History Month. Many around the nation celebrate this annual occasion by highlighting the achievements of the civil rights movement. But there was a time...more

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