Question

On April 19, 1968, three weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., the City Council unanimously passed Ordinance 96619, which prohibited discrimination in housing and lending in the city of Seattle. The chief architect of the ordinance was council member Sam Smith, the first Black American to sit on the City Council. Smith had previously been the first Black American member of the Washington State Legislature, where he was an advocate for open housing and fair employment. The open housing legislation was amended over the years, and it now includes prohibitions against discrimination on many other factors, including gender, marital and parental status, and age. Seattle did not pass legislation regarding employment discrimination based on age, sex, race, creed, color or national origin until

What did this ordinance accomplish?
O It made housing restrictions permanent.
O It ended racial restrictions in housing.
O It created a new restrictive covenant.
O It blocked open housing legislation.

Answer 1

Ordinance 96619 in Seattle, passed in 1968, prohibited discrimination in housing and lending and ended racial restrictions. It has been amended over time to expand protections against discrimination.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage of Ordinance 96619 in 1968 in Seattle, three weeks after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., was an important step in prohibiting discrimination in housing and lending in the city. This ordinance ended racial restrictions in housing and made it illegal to discriminate based on factors such as race, gender, marital and parental status, and age. Over the years, the ordinance has been amended to include more protections against various forms of discrimination.