Myron Orfield
Earl R. Larson Professor of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law
Director, Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity
Prof. Orfield Quoted in ProPublica on 1968 Fair Housing Act
Professor Myron Orfield was quoted in a ProPublica article entitled "Living Apart: How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law." Orfield discussed efforts by George Romney to implement the Fair Housing Act of 1968. He praised Romney's approach and noted that when Romney's proposal were were rejected by the Nixon Administration, it was a lost opportunity for more open housing in the United States.