Two Supreme Court Victories Against Housing Discrimination (02/18/26)

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Two Supreme Court Victories Against Housing Discrimination: Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) and Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer (1968) How Chicago Maintained Segregation Without the Covenants

In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled in Shelley v. Kraemer that courts could not enforce racially restrictive covenants. Twenty years later, in Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer (1968), the Court banned all private housing discrimination. Despite these landmark victories, Chicago remains one of America's most segregated cities today. This program examines why legal victories didn't translate into social change and explores how discrimination evolved from racially restrictive covenants to blockbusting, redlining, and modern forms of housing discrimination.

Speakers:
Venu Gupta, Executive Director, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Professor Darrell A. H. Miller, University of Chicago Law School

Moderator:
Judge Travis Richardson (ret.), General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer, Cook County Board of Review

This program is co-sponsored by The Chicago Bar Association, the CBA D.I.C.E Committee, the CBA/YLS Civil Rights Committee & Black Men Lawyers' Association. 

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