The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights awarded Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) with its Hubert H. Humphrey Civil and Human Rights Award, the movement's highest honor.

"We honor him not only for the [Dodd-Frank financial reform] law that bears his name, but for a lifetime of tireless effort – zealous pragmatism, as he calls it – to eradicate discrimination, promote affordable housing, and drive unscrupulous lenders out of the marketplace," said Wade Henderson, President and CEO of The Leadership Conference and the Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. Chair of Public Interest Law.