Housing built in DC during the early 1900s consisted of dense blocks of rowhouses, with racially restrictive covenants. The city’s long-established black professional class included prominent civil rights attorneys dedicated to dismantling segregation, and African American residents pushed back against racial covenants. Explore this story map to discover the legal battles waged against racial covenants in DC over the course of four decades.
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