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Watching a PBS special about architect Paul Revere Williams. The man who designed some of the finest homes in the LA area. He also was a major designer of the LA International Airport while also designing the Beverly Hills Hotel.
He went on to design St. Judes Hospital in Memphis for Danny Thomas, gratis amongst many other outstanding public buildings.
A truly remarkable man who overcame the adversity of being an African American in the so-called Land of The Free.
Meanwhile, vast parts of Los Angeles and the surrounding cities were "protected" by covenants in the deeds prohibiting the sale of these homes to anyone not of the Caucasian persuasion. My grandmother's house in Inglewood had such a covenant.
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- Mr. Underhill
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