Tracie’s Paternal Grandparents
312 Westwood, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Home of Tracie McMillan’s paternal grandparents in Ann Arbor, 1936-1998
1936: Deed and racial restriction providing that this property:
“shall not be sold to, leased to, or otherwise become the property of any Negro or persons of African descent.”
B.E. Taylor Sub / Hubbell Street
Home where Tracie McMillan’s paternal grandfather, John Allan McMillan, lived with his uncle Norman Carter, in Detroit, approximately 1930-1936
1919: Document showing the restrictions for properties owned by B. E. Taylor.
The restrictions for Monmoor subdivision #1 do not include any racial restrictions, though other subdivisions do have racial restrictions, stating “said premises shall not be sold or leased to or occupied by, any person other than of the Caucasian race.”
1929: A subdivisions map of Detroit,
Shows that 14255 Hubbell Street was in Monmoor subdivision #1
1930: Census enumeration sheets for District 0841 and District 0842,
- These show that even without racial restrictions in the subdivision, the neighborhood containing 14255 Hubbell Street was all white in 1930.
- Also shows that Tracie’s paternal grandfather, John Allen McMillan lived at this address in 1930.
Tracie’s Maternal Grandparents
211 Oneida
Home of Tracie McMillan’a maternal grandparents, the Weddles, in Pontiac, 1952-1961
1930: FHA and VA loans discriminate
- 1930-1955: Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and “Equal Opportunity in Housing” by American Friends Service Committee
- Of all of the FHA homes that received FHA insurance, only 2% during this period went to Black Homeowners.
- For further documentation of the history of FHA and VA-backed loans being discriminatory, see:
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
- When Affirmative Action was White by Ira Katznelson
1945: Racist covenants allowed
- 1945: Deed and racial restriction providing that premises “shall not be sold, assigned, leased or rented to anyone other than a person of the Caucasian race.”
1946: Racial discrimination in mortgages
1948: Enforcement of racist covenants declared unconstitutional
- 1948: Supreme Court outlaws racial covenants in Shelley v. Kramer, providing: “Private agreements to exclude persons of designated race or color from the use or occupancy of real estate for residential purposes do not violate the Fourteenth Amendment; but it is violative of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment for state courts to enforce them.”
1952: Weddles buy home with racial restrictions and discriminatory mortgage company
- 1952: Deed and mortgage for purchase of 211 Oneida by Weddles
- Mortgage Held by Greater Detroit Mortgage Company, specializing in FHA and VA loans, which discriminated
1960: Census tract for the home is 99.75% white
- 1960: Census tract map and population demographics by tract, Detroit Area
- 211 Oneida is in tract OA-101, and population data is on document page 71
1968: Fair Housing Act
- Housing discrimination now against federal law, census tract is 97.53% white and 1.2% Black
1970: Census tract is 96.5% white and 1.2% Black
- Census tract map and population demographics by tract, Pontiac, MI (Detroit area)
- 211 Oneida is in tract 1101, and population data is on document page P-15
1980: Census tract is 70.75% white and 25.8% Black
- 1980: Census population demographics by tract, Detroit Area
- 211 Oneida remained in tract 1101, and population data is on document page 29
1990: Census tract is 63.0% white and 33.4% Black
- Census tract map and population demographics by tract, Detroit Area
- 211 Oneida is in tract 1426, and population data is on document page 284
4056 Iverness Lane, Orchard Lake, Michigan
Home of Tracie McMillan’a maternal grandparents, the Weddles, in Pontiac, 1961-2012
Date Unknown: Brochure for subdivision containing 4056 Iverness lane, Pine Lake Estates, promoting the “right” address
1961: Deeds for 4056 Iverness
Mortgage held by First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Detroit
1963: “Police Arrest 18 in Detroit Sit-In”
A sit-in was held at First Federal Savings and Loan in Detroit protesting discrimination in hiring and granting of mortgages. Protesters had to be carried out on police stretchers. 8 of the demonstrators were white, the rest were Black. 15 were convicted of disturbing the peace and trespassing.
