"Restrictive Covenants Outlawed"
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Legal Campaigns - Hurd v. Hodge, Landmark Supreme Court Case
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Legal Campaigns - Hurd v. Hodge, Landmark Supreme Court Case
Civil Rights Tour: Legal Campaigns - Hurd v. Hodge, Landmark Supreme Court Case
The James and Mary Hurd house at 116 Bryant Street in Bloomingdale was at the center of the Supreme Court's landmark 1948 decision ending court enforcement of racially restrictive real estate covenants. The case, Hurd v. Hodge, was DC's companion to…