Letter re: 149 Adams St

ID: 3648 ~ Source: Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University.
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Shortly after the court upheld covenants on Adams Street’s 100 block, attorney Henry Gilligan sent this letter to a newly arrived family.

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By Prologue DC
African Americans began moving to the 100 block of Adams Street around 1925, despite covenants on some properties. At least nine houses on the block were the subject of lawsuits brought by white…