Hamtramck housing discrimination lawsuit outlives judge Damon Keith

Case is longest-running housing discrimination lawsuit in country's history

Judge Damon Keith declared in 1971 that the tiny Detroit-area city of Hamtramck had intentionally forced out blacks or cut them off from the community.

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. – The longest-running housing discrimination lawsuit in the U.S. has outlived the judge who kept it for virtually his whole career.

Judge Damon Keith declared in 1971 that the tiny Detroit-area city of Hamtramck had intentionally forced out blacks or cut them off from the community.

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Hamtramck eventually agreed to offer 200 family housing units, but three homes still haven't been built.

Keith died April 28 at age 96.
 


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