AS AM 156 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Alien Land Laws, Equal Protection Clause, Residential Segregation In The United States

• School: UCSB
• Department: Asian American Studies
• Course: AS AM 156
• Professor: John Park

Document Summary

Member of a tribe is designated a space in the reservation. The residential segregation of free blacks in northern cities before the civil war. In southern cities, blacks and whites often live in the same property= frequent contact. Harlem in new york city and roxbury in boston after 1900. Most of the segregated area have poor infra-structure. Steering real estate brokers guide prospective home buyers towards or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race. "no person or persons of asiatic, african or negro blood, lineage, or extraction shall be permitted to occupy a portion of small property. " Real-estate housing values are associated with the racial make-up. Less racial minority, more the house is worth. The neighbor (kraemer) sued the owner for selling their property to an. The supreme court ruled that although such covenants can be created, they cannot be enforced by state or federal courts.