Let’s remember when a black couple won the legal right to live in Mt. Baker, on this day in 1910 (June 7)
If there’s anything positive to take from this, it’s that judges have been ruling against racists for more than a century, even if it’s without any consistency.
Per HistoryLink:
On June 7, 1910, Judge Boyd J. Tallman of the Supreme Court of Washington State upholds the ruling that Samuel Stone (1869–1942) and his wife, Susie Stone (1869–1962), an affluent black couple, could purchase property in the exclusive Mount Baker Park District. The developer of the district, Hunter Tract Improvement Company, had filed suit against the Stones and the former owner of the lot to reverse the purchase contract. Due to the couple’s skin color, the company claimed the presence of the Stones could compromise the real estate value of the surrounding lots. After winning the original court case and the appeal, the Stones proceeded to build their home at 3125 34th Avenue S. The case represented the increasing need to fight institutional discrimination, including restrictive covenants.
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