Today everyone has the right to own land, a home and start a family otherwise known as the American dream. Unfortunately this was not always the case as blacks, Hispanics and other minorities were discriminated against between the early 1960s and the late 1980s and even today. The Fifth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments are supposed to be in place to treat everyone with equality. . From our own declaration “all men are created equal” (Jacobus, 412), these amendments are in place to protect our rights and keep us safe. The Fifth Amendment states that no person shall… “be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…” (Jacobus, 412) However, even though we have these laws to protect us here, discrimination once plagued our country because of a person's color, race, or religion. Throughout our history there have been many cases of this injustice, for example “Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Company”. (Jacobus, 412) This case represented a huge step forward in the fight against discrimination by stating that any form of discrimination is a “badge of slavery” (Jacobus, 412) which is a direct violation of the Thirteenth Amendment. “The Supreme Court has held that, in applying the Civil Rights Act of 1866, Congress has the power under the Thirteenth Amendment to grant to all citizens the right to purchase anything a white man may purchase, and the right to live wherever a white man might live” (Jacobus, 412). Another historic event that changed the way real estate is handled was the Shelley v. Kraemer. It was about Caucasians who wanted to impose a deed restriction that allowed only whites to hold title deeds to land. The state courts granted the motion, but the Supreme Court overruled it, stating that “the action of the state courts has forced ... mid-paper ... ples. 12th ed. Mason OH: On Course Learning, 45040. Print.2. Russell, Marcia L. 1998. Fair Housing. 2d ed. Chicago, Illinois: Real Estate Education Co.3. Donovan, S. (2007, September 25). Fair Housing Laws and Presidential Executive Orders -HUD. Fair Housing Laws and Presidential Executive Orders - HUD. Retrieved May 1, 2014, from http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/FHLaws4. Donovan, S. (2007, September 25). Title VIII: Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity - HUD. Title VIII: Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity - HUD. Retrieved May 1, 2014, from http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/progdesc/title85. Sidney, Mara S. 2003. Unfair Housing: How National Policy Shapes Community Action. Lawrence: Univ. Press of Kansas.6. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 (FHA) (42 USCA. §§ 3601-3631).