Politics & Government
Neighborhood's Racial Covenant Raises Concerns in Kirkwood
Kirkwood's Human Rights Commission plans to ask the homeowners association of the city's Greenbriar Neighborhood to take out an unenforceable racial covenant, KSDK reports.
An unenforceable racial covenant in the Greenbriar Neighborhood was a topic of discussion at Tuesday night's meeting of the Kirkwood Human Rights Commission, KSDK reported Wednesday.
The covenant states African-Americans cannot occupy a building unless they are servants or employees, according to KSDK. The Human Rights Commission plans to ask the Greenbriar Neighborhood association to remove the covenant.
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