<em>Afro-American </em>(June 9, 1945)

ID: 3641

This file appears in: Bloomingdale Tour: 2213 First Street

"Democracy, hell! There is no democracy if a citizen can be restrained from living in property simply on the basis of her color."

This file appears in: Bloomingdale Tour: 2213 First Street

Bloomingdale Tour: 2213 First Street

By Prologue DC

Clara Mays bought 2213 First Street in February 1944, after the house she had been renting was sold. Mays defied a racial covenant because she couldn’t find another place for her large household.…