Thompson v. HUD

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

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VIDEO
Shared Community Values: Learn about the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program


NEW REPORT - "New Homes, New Neighborhoods, New Schools: A Progress Report on the Baltimore Housing Mobility Program"
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Communities of Opportunity: A summary of the Thompson v. HUD proposed remedy for public housing segregation
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ACLU Slideshow: Building Opportunity from the Legacy of Segregation
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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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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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Photo Display of Conditions in Low and High Opportunity Areas; Remedial Phase Expert Report of john powell in Thompson v. HUD (August 2005)
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund joins ACLU in the most important housing desegregation lawsuit in a generation
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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
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