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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
 LA Sentinel Apr 20, 1950
Great sleuthing, Lorendoc. I thought maybe with the full address I might find more on the Wedding Manor in the picture, but only this ad turned up... |
Interesting find. This 1950 ad from the African-American owned
Los Angeles Sentinel reflects the Supreme Court's 1948 decision in
Shelley v. Kraemer invalidating race-based restrictive covenants on property deeds.
The verdict allowed integration in previously all-white neighborhoods in Los Angeles and elsewhere. The addresses on offer by the Crown Realty Co. were roughly bounded by Western and Vermont, and Jefferson and MLK (Santa Barbara). These neighborhoods SW of downtown were some of the first to be desegregated as a result of this decision.
The proprietor of the Wedding Manor on Western, the Rev. Julius Du Bose, was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Perhaps he felt uncomfortable with his new neighbors and decamped for whiter pastures, as it were.