1964: Fair Housing Campaign
In
1964, civil rights activists proposed an open housing law that would
have made racial discrimination illegal.
Above: marchers rally support before the March 10 election.
City councilman Wing Luke helped write the failed 1964 open housing measure. Luke
was the
first Chinese American elected to office in Seattle or any other mainland city.
By a
margin of 2-1, Seattle voters rejected the measure.