Skelton: How a racist housing policy caused a bitter California brawl
60 years ago, the Rumsford Act turned into a historic civil rights triumph in the state.
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60 years ago, the Rumsford Act turned into a historic civil rights triumph in the state.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nationally, we just observed the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington. In California, there wasn’t a peep about the 60th anniversary
Spurred by Gov. Pat Brown, the Legislature 60 years ago voted to ban discrimination. The backlash was swift.
The Rumford Fair Housing Act, the 1960s legislation to end racial discrimination on housing, produced arguably the biggest, bitterest brawl ever in California's Capitol.