<P> As 1968 began, the fair housing bill was being filibustered once again, but two developments revived it . The Kerner Commission report on the 1967 ghetto riots was delivered to Congress on March 1, and it strongly recommended "a comprehensive and enforceable federal open housing law" as a remedy to the civil disturbances . The Senate was moved to end their filibuster that week . </P> <P> As the House of Representatives deliberated the bill in April, Dr. King was assassinated, and the largest wave of unrest since the Civil War swept the country . Senator Charles Mathias wrote that: </P> <P> some Senators and Representatives publicly stated they would not be intimidated or rushed into legislating because of the disturbances . Nevertheless, the news coverage of the riots and the underlying disparities in income, jobs, housing, and education, between White and Black Americans helped educate citizens and Congress about the stark reality of an enormous social problem . Members of Congress knew they had to act to redress these imbalances in American life to fulfill the dream that King had so eloquently preached . </P> <P> The House passed the legislation on April 10, and President Johnson signed it the next day . The Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, and national origin . It also made it a federal crime to "by force or by threat of force, injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone...by reason of their race, color, religion, or national origin ." </P>

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