
How thousands of racial covenants helped shape segregation in St. Louis
St. Louis on the Air
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Sara fensky: Restrictive covenants tied to deeds in homes across the city barred home owners selling or renting to black people, jewish people or others. Shemia rise owns a home in the jeff vanderloo neighborhood of north saint louis. To know that i own a property that has this language in the original deed, it's heart breaking, but then i'm grateful that i'm there.
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