Davis et al. v. The St. Louis Housing Authority

Davis et al. v. The St. Louis Housing Authority is a landmark class-action lawsuit filed in 1952 in Saint Louis, Missouri to challenge explicit racial discrimination in public housing. The decision enjoined the Saint Louis Housing Authority from refusing to rent certain units to qualified African Americans.[1][2] The case was heard in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.[3]

References
  1. U.S. District Court for the Eastern (St. Louis) Division of the Eastern District of Missouri. 2/28/1887- (1938 - 1992). Ted Davis, et. al. v. St. Louis Housing Authority. Series: Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1992. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. Sr, John A. Wright (2012-09-18). African Americans in Downtown St. Louis. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439614655.
  3. "Civil Liberties Docket - Vol. I, No. 3 - February, 1956". sunsite.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  4. "The St. Louis Housing Authority". Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  5. U.S. District Court for the Eastern (St. Louis) Division of the Eastern District of Missouri. 2/28/1887- (1938 - 1992). Ted Davis, et. al. v. St. Louis Housing Authority. Series: Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1992. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. "Civil Liberties Docket - Vol. I, No. 3 - February, 1956". sunsite.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  7. Robison, Joseph B. (1961). "Housing--The Northern Civil Rights Frontier". Western Reserve Law Review. 13:1: 101–127 – via Case Western Reserve University School of Law Scholarly Commons.
  8. "NAACP | NAACP Names Frankie Muse Freeman 96th Spingarn Medalist". NAACP. 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  9. "Civil Rights Pioneer: Frankie Muse Freeman". www.americanbar.org. Retrieved 2020-05-31.


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