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MY HOUSING DISCRIMINATION CASE
by Uriah J. Fields   
Rated "G" by the Author.
     
Last edited: Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Posted: Wednesday, April 30, 2014

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The recent revelation of Donald Sterling's refusal to rent apartments to African Americans, causes me to say, "A half century ago I sued a Beverly Hills couple who refused to rent me an apartment because I am an African American. I won the case.

In light of the racist comments made by Donald Sterling, owner of the NBA Clippers, and the revelation to many that he and his wife had refused to rent apartments to African Americans that resulted in him reaching a settlement to pay $2.7 million, the largest ever obtained by the Justice Department in a housing discrimination case, it seems incumbent on me to share a statement regarding a housing discrimination case I had in Los Angeles that involved another Beverly Hills couple who refused to rent to African Americans.

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After I, Uriah J. Fields, won my housing discrimination case against Mr.and Mrs. David Klein of Beverly Hills, California... and a settlement was reached in 1964 under the penalty of the Unruh Civil Rights Act of California..., "thus the tacitly admitting their guilt in this instance," my Attorney George Baltaxe, in the closing paragraph of his final letter to me writes: "I believe in this case your position has been completely vindicated. I hope that it will serve as some sort of impetus on the Negroes of the community to utilize their rights under the law. If this were done the amount of discrimination in existence in housing would be greatly diminish by my opinion"
- Attorney George Balaxe

Note: My housing discrimination case was four years before the Civil Rights Act of 1968, commonly known as the Fair Housing Act, and the last of the Civil Rights Acts to be the law of the land, was enacted in April, 1968, one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.  In  1964. California was one of only a  few States that had an anti-discrimination housing law.
-Uriah J.  Fields

To read the full account of my housing discrimination case visit: http://uriahfields.com/gpage4.html or click on uriahfields.com below and from the menu click on "My Fight for Justice in the Courts".

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Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on May 1, 2014
I applaud you for your courage in taking the action you did 50 years ago. It is only through concerted action, using the laws and the courts, that unfair practices can be eventually eliminated. Houston is a rather open city. However, its classes seem evermore divided with people moving at the mere threat of their neighborhood becoming more diverse. The use of charter schools has become a new way of segregating. Neighborhoods with very diverse housing and business like mine are considered poor, crime-ridden, unsafe, and with poor schools. Nothing could be further from the truth, but that is the unfortunate perception by many, forcing resegregation on many fronts.

I'm glad your case was successful. I filed two cases for discrimination in employment based on both race and disability. Both cases were deemed unworthy of trial by judges and lawyers.

Ron

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