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House at center of debate in Open Housing Campaign, Seattle, May 2, 1959
Seattle's African American population increased dramatically between 1940 and 1960, making the community the city's largest minority group. Like other minorities, African Americans experienced discrimination in many ways, including in housing. The enforcement of restrictive covenants in specific developments or subdivisions, realtors agreeing not to show houses to people of color, and red-lining, where banks denied credit to minorities, largely…
ID Number:2000.107.136.07.02
Date:1959