Historical Person

J. D. Shelley

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📍 United States

J. D. Shelley

Gender: Male

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The Shelley family defeats judicial enforcement of racial housing covenants

đź“… 3 May 1948

The Supreme Court held that courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants. J. D. and Ethel Shelley’s legal struggle challenged the use of state power to exclude Black families from...