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Race Restricted Covenants: California Activities and Congregational Church , 1948

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Content The folder includes materials published by the Congressional Committee for Christian Democracy regarding the United States Supreme Court's 1948 ruling in Shelley v. Kraemer, which outlawed court enforcement of race restricted covenants that were often used to exclude minorities from certain urban and suburban neighborhoods. Included are press releases, a resolution, correspondence, and fact sheets, all of which discuss the Committee's stance on restrictive...
Dates: 1948