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        As the nation prepares to celebrate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Congressman Al Green, a Texas Democrat, has introduced a bill, for the fourth time, to fund a national program to test for housing discrimination.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
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        The authors of the 1968 Fair Housing Act wanted to reverse decades of government-fostered segregation. But presidents from both parties declined to enforce a law that stirred vehement opposition.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
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        This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 29, "Good Jobs & Green Communities." Find more from that issue here.