13177_27664_equal_housing1
1969
Documentary about Proposition 14 in California, which gave property owners the right to deny housing to anyone they choose, therefore refusing housing to people of color. Nullified fair housing laws. African-american family reenacting situation in which first black family moves into a white neighborhood. CU of man and woman in front seat of car. Woman has a child in her lap. Aerial view family getting out of car. Angry mob of white people marching down street with a banner that says “Keep the darkies on the plantation”. CU on faces of black family looking terrified. Run into apartment building and up the stairs. Whites throw rocks and scream at them. Cut to Martin Luther King speech about segregation, calling it a new form of slavery. Shots of protesters demanding equal housing rights. County clerk office, white people, police, news.