Use of racial covenants in Monroe County property deeds was pervasive and encouraged

New research into historical property records in Monroe County shows that a wide range of private and public landowners — including Monroe County itself — placed restrictive covenants on property deeds in the early 20th century barring Black people from ownership. Restrictive racial covenants were legally binding contracts barring […]

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