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May 3rd

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  1. 1948
    The Rise

    Shelley v. Kraemer decided

    The U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimously in Shelley v. Kraemer that courts cannot enforce racially restrictive property covenants. Thurgood Marshall and George Vaughn argue for the plaintiffs. Enforcement continues informally through redlining and steering for decades afterward.

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