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By the late 1920s, African Americans were kept from purchasing houses in white neighborhoods through the use of

Answer 1

By the late 1920s, African Americans were kept from purchasing houses in white neighborhoods through the use of racially restricted covenants.

What was the rise and fall of the racial restricted covenants?

After the U.S. Supreme Court authorized their use in 1926, racial deed restrictions spread widely. The limits were a legally binding agreement, and any owner who disobeyed them ran the risk of losing ownership of the land. In certain neighborhoods, it was against the law to rent or sell property to Asian Americans, Jews, or Black people.

Although the court later altered its stance and said that racial limitations would no longer be enforced by courts, the judgment did not prevent neighborhoods from using alternative methods to enforce the limits. Real estate agents and home owners might still exclude people based on their race with no consequences.

With the passage of the Housing Rights Act in 1968, racial and ethnic discrimination in the purchase or tenancy of housing was finally outlawed. Since that time, it has been against the law to carry out the racial discrimination that still permeates so many acts in the communities of King County and Seattle.

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