The Legacy of Race-based Covenants
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The Legacy of Race-based Covenants
3 practices that created housing inequity: racial covenants; zoning; and limited access to mortgages based on race.
Some real estate developers and others selling property in Northern Virginia from 1900 through the 1960s used race-based, restrictive covenants to maintain segregation, and Virginia’s state and local governments were enablers at times, Dr. Krystyn Moon, University of Mary Washington history professor told a packed room of 120 on August 27 at the Sherwood Regional Library.
“Flourishing After 55”
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Prison Reform Takes Long, Tortuous Path
Del. Hope advocates for more humane conditions for incarcerated people.
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