Whereas April 11, 2018, marks the 50th anniversary of the congressional passage of the Fair Housing Act (title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968); Whereas September 13, 2018, marks the 30th anniversary of the congressional passage of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988; Whereas the Chicago Freedom Movement, led by the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., expanded the fight for civil rights from the South to the North, raised the national consciousness about housing discrimination, and shaped the debate that led to the landmark fair housing legislation, the Fair Housing Act; Whereas the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson and commonly known as the Kerner Commission, found on February 29, 1968, that [o]ur nation is moving toward two societies, one black and one white—separate and unequal ; Whereas Congress passed the Fair Housing Act as part of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Act into law on April 11, 1968, one week after the assassination of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.; Whereas the original Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing and housing-related transactions on the basis of race, color, national origin, and religion; Whereas the mission statement of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reflects this commitment to build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination ; Whereas in section 808 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Congress amended the Fair Housing Act to include protection on the basis of sex