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Racist property deeds kept thousands of Philly homes off-limits to all but white buyers, study finds

A century ago, home deeds included language that restricted ownership to “Caucasians.”

Houses line Princeton Avenue at Keystone Street in Tacony.
Houses line Princeton Avenue at Keystone Street in Tacony.Read moreMONICA HERNDON / Staff Photographer