Rev. Jack Harrison

@ Los Angeles Public Library

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The Rumford Fair Housing Act was passed in 1963 by the California legislature to help end racial discrimination by property owners and landlords who refused to rent or sell their property to people because of ethnicity, religion, sex, marital status, physical handicap, or familial status. It was drafted by William Byron Rumford, the first African American from Northern California to serve in the legislature.; California Proposition 14 was a 1964 ballot proposition that amended the California state constitution, nullifying the Rumford Fair Housing Act. Proposition 14 was declared unconstitutional by the California Supreme Court in 1966. The decision of the California Supreme Court was affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967 in Reitman v. Mulkey.Photograph caption dated February 25, 1964 reads, "Initiative opponent." Rev. Jack Harrison opposes California Proposition 14, a 1964 ballot proposition that amends the California state constitution, nullifying the Rumford Fair Housing Act.; See images #00117426 through #00117428 for all photos in this series.

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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State LibrarianMade accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends

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