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- Sensing an opportunity to establish a new foothold for the numerous middle class and affluent members of the black community, social leaders started to buy homes in West Adams Heights.
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Feb 22, 2018 · Sensing an opportunity to establish a new foothold for the numerous middle class and affluent members of the black community, social leaders started to buy homes...
Joe Williams is one of the many who knows the neighborhood that became known as "West Adams," and recalls the history of the suburb. "It went from an all white neighborhood to an all black ...
Feb 9, 2022 · Silver Lake resident Ivan Houston says his grandfather, Norman Houston, was the first Black person to ever buy a home in West Adams, around 80 years ago. A number of prominent Black business ...
Apr 27, 2021 · Adams Heights, also called Sugar Hill, was the site of an early victory against restrictive housing covenants. The area’s large homes and lots are seen on this vintage postcard....
- Patt Morrison
- Columnist
- patt.morrison@latimes.com
Prior to the 1940s, Black people were technically barred from living in the area (originally known as West Adams Heights) due to the presence of restrictive covenants, which permitted homes to be sold to “members of the caucasian race only.” Despite this, beginning in the 1910s as upper class whites began leaving West Adams for new ...
Jan 17, 2019 · This was in part due to the development of a new neighborhood for the rich and famous- Beverly Hills. The arrival of the Depression in the late 1920s also meant that a lot...
In 2014, the Times stated that "after a recent wave of Latino immigration", young professionals were purchasing homes in the neighborhoods west of USC, including the "stately Victorian and Craftsman mansions of West Adams" and the "smaller Craftsman bungalows" of Jefferson Park.
