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November 5, 1917 · Housing, Law, Journalism & Civil Rights

William Warley Helped Break Racial Zoning

A Black newspaper editor, local NAACP leader, and carefully designed test case helped stop cities from assigning residential blocks by race.

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Then

Louisville used a city ordinance to prevent Black and white residents from occupying homes on the same blocks.

Now

The Supreme Court struck the ordinance down, giving the young NAACP an important constitutional victory.

Next

Legal victories must be defended when discrimination changes form rather than disappearing.

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