The Battle for Bryant Street — This 1940 photograph depicts Charles Hamilton Houston (center) meeting with other Civil Rights leaders. [Source: National Museum of American History.]

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The Battle for Bryant Street

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Ben Miller

Racial covenants made much of Bloomingdale off-limits to Black buyers. A welder, a polyglot immigrant, and a Civil Rights icon rallied to change that.

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Last Updated: May 11, 2022

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