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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...
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
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 ...
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 ...
Mar 9, 2023 · The cases began when Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company president Norman Houston bought a house on South Hobart and eight neighbors filed a lawsuit to have Black residents ousted. The covenant's overturning led to a surge of wealthy Black residents in West Adams through the 1950s.
In 1938, Blacks finally broke the color line in this neighborhood when businessman Norman O. Houston, one of the founders of Golden State Mutual Life Insurance, purchased a home in the area at 2211 S. Hobart Boulevard.
