Bonus: Kent Watkins: I Helped Write the Civil Rights Act

Kent’s podcast is a gift for students of history! He was directly involved in the passage of the The Civil Rights Act of 1964, a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Kent gives us inside information on how the law actually was passed and what it is like to participate in the March on Washington. He also describes his work at HUD as Secretary Weaver’s Chief of Staff and involvement in producing the Fair Housing Act. One of his passions is coordination in the delivery of government services rather than silos. He talks about his participation in the creation of the National Center for Housing Management. He discusses the two most important things that changed the world and how this is affecting climate change today. In his personal life, he was adopted and found his birth mother and then discovered a surprise in his genealogy. He has won numerous tennis championships and won the national senior father/daughter championship this year – in his 80’s!

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