Fair Housing
The 1968 Supreme Court case Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. interpreted which law to prohibit all racial discrimination in housing without exception?
AThe Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Fair Housing Act)
BThe Civil Rights Act of 1866 (42 U.S.C. Section 1982)✓ Correct
CThe Equal Credit Opportunity Act
DThe Americans with Disabilities Act
Explanation
The Supreme Court in Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (1968) interpreted the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (42 U.S.C. Section 1982) to prohibit all racial discrimination in housing—public and private—with no exemptions, complementing the Fair Housing Act passed the same year.
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- The Montana Human Rights Act covers which type of housing discrimination that the federal Fair Housing Act may not cover?
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