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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Housing Discrimination, 1947-1950

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Content

This folder includes materials pertaining to discrimination in the housing market, with an emphasis on race-restricted covenants and the Supreme Court's decision in Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) which prevented the enforcement of the covenants in court. Included in the series are article clippings, memoranda, correspondence, handwritten notes, and a breakdown of the racial and ethnic composition of public housing developments in the City of Los Angeles.

Dates: 1947-1950