Date of Award
1-1-2016
Language
English
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
College/School/Department
Department of History
Content Description
1 online resource (iii, 67 pages)
Dissertation/Thesis Chair
Richard Hamm
Committee Members
Richard Hamm, Allen Ballard
Keywords
1930s, Cockburn, Colored, Race, Restrictive Covenant, Westchester, Racism, African Americans, Black race, Right of property, Discrimination in housing, Covenants (Law), Neighborhoods, Equality before the law
Subject Categories
History | Law | Other History
Abstract
This thesis examines the role Ridgway v. Cockburn played in exposing the “Negro race” as a subjective experience rather than a definitive label. Blacks in the 20th century were seen as undesirable. The NAACP fought for blacks’s rights to property and justice in the courts. Racially restrictive covenants became a popular method used by whites to keep blacks out of their neighborhoods. Arthur Garfield Hays, a white lawyer, defended the Cockburns as they moved into Edgemont Hills, a white elite neighborhood.
Recommended Citation
Soares, Nicholas A., "Seeing color in black and white : New York defines its color line in Ridgway v. Cockburn in 1937" (2016). Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024). 1727.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/legacy-etd/1727