A historian is unearthing records of where Portlanders of color couldn’t legally live

A historian is unearthing records of where Portlanders of color couldn’t legally live

  Source: Medium.com. A historian is unearthing records of where Portlanders of color couldn’t legally live Nobody knows how man lots had so-called “restrictive covenants.” Greta Smith wants to start finding out. by Michael Andersen | Nov. 29, 2017 From the 1920s to 1940s, federal maps divided U.S. cities into red (“hazardous”), yellow (“definitely declining”), blue (“still desirable”)Continue Reading A historian is unearthing records of where Portlanders of color couldn’t legally live