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Gainesville's housing crisis has roots in policies meant to maintain racial segregation
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBased on patterns from the last two years, more than 60,000 new neighbors are expected to join our...
‘A very long shadow.’ Thousands in Eastern WA still live in homes with racist covenants
Tacoma News Tribune via AOL· 1 year agoThese are racially restrictive covenants. And they’re a product of 20th century housing...
Racist housing clauses are still on the books in Bloomington. How to check your own deed
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's note: In honor of Black History Month, The Herald-Times is publishing Black stories, both...
‘This is Black American history’: Hungerford heir visits Eatonville amid school land fight
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSince she was a child in the 1950s and 60s, Bea Leach Hatler had always heard stories of “the land...
Today in History: May 3, Margaret Thatcher elected
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoToday in History Today is Wednesday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2023. There are 242 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 3, 1979, Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher ...
Palm Springs history: Section 14, civil rights attorney Loren Miller and his son
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoUp the avenue from Sugar Hill, the West Adams Heights neighborhood named for the more famous spot in Harlem, was Silver Lake where Loren Miller would eventually settle after moving to Los Angeles ...
Shawn Vestal: Burgess, GU's original All-American, also stood at the center of a fair housing case...
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 2—As the clock runs out on Frank Burgess' scoring record at Gonzaga, it's a good time to revisit a short but revealing chapter from his life in Spokane in the 1960s. Burgess was Gonzaga's ...
Neglecting Black Cemeteries Threatens Black History
Newsy via AOL· 2 years agoThis is especially true for the African American community. There are still new signs of lost Black history today — one of which can be found in America’s cemeteries. Like with much of Black history, the problems can be traced back to slavery.
Residents learn how to address racial covenants
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, Cheyenne via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 21—CHEYENNE — Residents may or may not know that unconstitutional, unenforceable covenants barring non-white residents from certain Cheyenne neighborhoods remain on the books. Following ...
Facing the past
Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 30—MOSES LAKE — When you buy a home, there are often neighborhood covenants that come with the property. Sometimes you have to have your house set a certain distance back from the street ...
