I have never been for racially restrictive covenants.

The Supreme Court ruled against racially restrictive covenants in 1948, and they were outlawed by the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968.

He joined the majority in Shelley v. Kraemer (1948), which invalidated the judicial enforcement of racially restrictive covenants.

Hutchins defended racially restrictive covenants on the grounds that they were legal.

In 1948, the Supreme Court ruled that racially restrictive covenants in real estate were unenforceable in court.

In the 1920s, however, homeowners in the state became pioneers in using racially restrictive housing covenants, which state courts honored.

Though other techniques to maintain housing segregation had been used, by 1927 the political leaders of Chicago began to adopt racially restrictive covenants.

These racially restrictive covenants are legal obligations imposed by the property seller which forbid racial minorities from purchasing property in all-white neighborhoods.

In the 1920s, the city was the location of the first racially restrictive covenants in real estate.

The facts of the case dealt with a racially restrictive covenant that barred African Americans from purchasing or leasing land in a Chicago neighborhood.