Is this still a true? Apparently for Renisha and Jonathan, it isn't. The US Supreme Court, on November 13, 1940, ruled in Hansberry v. Lee that whites cannot bar African Americans from white neighborhoods. In 1937, businessman Carl Hansberry, Lorraine's father, defied the Woodlawn Property Owners' Association by successfully negotiating the purchase of a home at 6140 Rhodes … [Read more...] about Wednesday Evening Thread: This day in Black History – Hansberry v. Lee