Tune in now to catch the presentation of this ceremonial resolution: https://t.co/ANx5wWkzNX— CM McDuffie's Office (@CM_McDuffie) May 1, 2018
The Hodge family sued their new neighbors, the Hurd family, after they purchased a home on the 100 blk of Bryant St NW. The Hurds lost in District court, and again in the US Court of Appeals, but appealed to the SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/bpB5q1GFRn— CM McDuffie's Office (@CM_McDuffie) May 1, 2018
The Hurd family was represented by Charles Hamilton Houston, a native Washingtonian, graduate of Dunbar High School, mentor to Thurgood Marshall and former Dean of the @howardlawschool. (CM McDuffie has a bill pending to honor CH Houston w/ a statue: https://t.co/eT5LQGdAC3 ) pic.twitter.com/0286cq8pz5— CM McDuffie's Office (@CM_McDuffie) May 1, 2018
On May 3rd, 1948 the Supreme Court came to a unanimous opinion that "judicial enforcement of the restrictive covenants by the courts of the District of Columbia is prohibited by the Civil Rights Act” [of 1866]— CM McDuffie's Office (@CM_McDuffie) May 1, 2018
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson continued, “[the Civil Rights Act], by its terms, requires that all citizens of the United States shall have the same right ‘as is enjoyed by white citizens... to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property’.”— CM McDuffie's Office (@CM_McDuffie) May 1, 2018
Hurd v. Hodge inspired an amicus breif from the @ACLU and is cited in hundreds of cases focusing on civil rights, labor, covenants and the power of federal courts. pic.twitter.com/uXpWjr0oay— CM McDuffie's Office (@CM_McDuffie) May 1, 2018
Hurd v. Hodge helped establish @HUDgov, & influenced recent local legislation such as the Fair Criminal Record Screening for Housing (aka #BanTheBox for Housing), which CM McDuffie championed and passed in 2016: https://t.co/BBE6tDzLbY pic.twitter.com/4QyDG03HYr— CM McDuffie's Office (@CM_McDuffie) May 1, 2018
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