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Listen to StoryCorps interview of Maryland ACLU fair housing client Ike Neal
Thompson v. HUD

ACLU-MD/NAACP Legal Defense Fund Fight to
Remedy Discrimination Against African-American
Public Housing Families in Baltimore


Veronica, Emonie and Ike Neal, plaintiffs in our public housing
segregation case,
standing outside of their new home in North Baltimore.

ACLU-MD Marks 40th Anniversary of the 1968 Baltimore Riots and Fair Housing Act
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Public Radio Host/Producer Tavis Smiley features Terreal Grant, a participant in the Thompson mobility program, in his special program: "Below the Line: The New Face of Poverty in America." The piece aired on Feb. 8, 2008
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"She never bent in drive for justice" - by Dan Rodricks, February 24, 2008, Published in The Baltimore Sun
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ACLU of Maryland Statement on Abell Foundation Report: “The dismantling of Baltimore’s public housing”
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Baltimore Regional Housing Campaign: Highlights of Thompson v. HUD Proposed Remedy to Address Imbalances in the Regional Housing Market and Expand Housing Choices for Families and Children
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Communities of Opportunity: A summary of the Thompson v. HUD proposed remedy for public housing segregation
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund joins ACLU in the most important housing desegregation lawsuit in a generation
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Map of Maryland's Communities of Opportunity
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Expert report, maps, photos and other information from Thompson expert john powell, Executive Director of the Kirwan Institute and professor of law at the Moritz School of Law at Ohio State University.
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Expert testimony and maps from Dr. Gerald R. Webster, Chair, Department of Geography, University of Alabama
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Get the facts about housing segregation in Baltimore
Click here to read the Statement of Facts filed by the ACLU in Thompson v. HUD.

The maps tell the story
Census maps show the striking continuation of segregation in Baltimore.

Click here to see a 2003 map of where African American families were able to use housing vouchers.

Click on these maps to see a Chronology of Baltimore Segregation:

1940 Map
1950 Map
1960 Map
1970 Map
1980 Map
1990 Map
2000 Map

Background: The case of Thompson v. HUD
Click here to learn why public housing families went to court in the ACLU's landmark segregation suit. 

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