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Eleanor Holmes Norton: We finally got to 1968--Fair Housing Act--when there was the great tragedy of the assassination of Martin Luther King…

On the recordFebruary 4, 2020
We finally got to 1968--Fair Housing Act--when there was the great tragedy of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton connects the Fair Housing Act's passage to Martin Luther King's assassination.

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