Essence Magazine:
By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated March 7, 2024
When a Chinese family in Coronado, Calif. was unable “to rent a house amid racially restrictive housing laws that favored white buyers and renters,” a Black couple saved the day.
Gus and Emma Thompson rented out and eventually sold their property to the Dong family when no one else would. Now, eighty-five years later, the Dongs are paying it forward and making a $5 million
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