Why did the relocation of this seniors home spark a lawsuit in 1940s Ohio?

The old folks home of Franklin County was operated by black people for black people.

And in 1945, they relocated from their 1240 East Long Street location to this home at 71 Winter Avenue.

And there were residents in the neighborhood who wanted to uphold a racial restrictive covenant.

So that no one could occupy the house unless they were white and this was legal in our country until 1968 when the Fair Housing Act was passed in this particular case The senior home was fined for moving in but ultimately able to stay and they did for the next 30 years They stayed at this location until 1976 when they had a newly built facility at 1520 Hawthorne Avenue in what is now known as the Isabella Ridgeway Home, as it was named for one of its founders.

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