In 1973, New York City school teacher Annette Gandy Fortt was
looking for a decent place to live. A listing for an apartment in a
building owned by Donald Trump's father, Fred, caught her eye — but she
says the super told her there were no units available.
"I was black," Fortt said recently. "I was not wanted."
It wasn't just a gut feeling. After Fortt was
turned away from the Queens apartment building twice, the New York City
Human Rights Commission sent a white person to the property to apply for
an apartment — and the tester was offered the apartment, according to
court papers.
The commission took on Fortt's case, and she
says a young Donald Trump appeared with a lawyer at a hearing on behalf
of the family real estate company, Trump Management.
Her case also became part of a federal racial discrimination lawsuit
filed by the Justice Department against Donald and Fred Trump that was
resolved with a consent decree two years later in which they agreed to
terms aimed at preventing discrimination.
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