An editorial on the Mays v. Burgess case in the Baltimore Afro-American, June 1945
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Legal Campaigns - Clara Mays, Racial Covenants Defied
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Legal Campaigns - Clara Mays, Racial Covenants Defied
Civil Rights Tour: Legal Campaigns - Clara Mays, Racial Covenants Defied
In February 1944 a federal employee named Clara Mays purchased the house at 2213 First Street NW in DC's Bloomingdale neighborhood. Despite warnings she’d be taking a risk in buying the house because a racial covenant barred its sale to African…