Featured The Life and Presidency of Harry S. Truman
The White House Historical Association’s 2018 White House Christmas Ornament honors Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third president of the United St...
Current image of the Oscar S. DePriest House in Chicago
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Current image of the Oscar S. DePriest House in Chicago
Current image of the Oscar S. DePriest House in Chicago. In 1921, Oscar DePriest’s house located at 3815 Vernon Avenue had been fire bombed over a dispute concerning an apartment house he owned between segregated neighborhoods. He chose to rent to a black family instead of a white one, angering residents of the white neighborhood who wanted him to continue renting to whites only. Oscar DePriest received death threats throughout his career for his outspoken belief in civil rights and resistance to racial prejudice.
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