History
Fair Housing Act a memorial to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
Since the 1966 open housing marches in Chicago, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s name had been closely associated with fair housing legislation. President Lyndon Johnson urged passage of the Fair Housing Act as a fitting memorial to King’s life work.
ACORN shellacking just plain nuts
Largely unfounded and often rabid charges that smacked of McCarthyism, led to the demise of one of the nation's staunchest supporters of community development and fair housing. Given the
Black History Month: ‘Roots’ in realty history
A little more than 100 years ago, the South's first black millionaire, Robert Reed Church Sr., tapped real estate holdings to purchase the first city bond issued by
NAR economist 'put a positive spin' on doomed housing market
Remember when real estate industry leaders were trashing the media for too many "doom and gloom" stories at the onset of the housing bust? A well-positioned real estate industry
First black president ‘In The House’
President-elect Barack Obama created rousing and historic images during the home-coming portion of his rite-of-passage, when the nation's first African-American president walked into the White House, a home
‘Change has come to America’
"The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America -- I have
The 13th floor
Bottom line mentality has institutionalized the real estate industry's irrational fear of the number 13. Based on records of buildings with Otis brand elevators, as many as 85 percent
