Supreme Court Invalidates Racial Housing Covenants, May 3, 1948
The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Shelley v. Kraemer that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks and other minorities are legally unenforceable.
Date: May 3, 1948
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