Lawsuit claims Arkansas group rejected woman’s land purchase due to Jewish ancestry, Black husband
The lawsuit says the group rejected Michelle Walker because of her Jewish ancestry and interracial family, and seeks damages and an injunction.
- On Wednesday, Michelle Walker filed a federal lawsuit against Return to the Land, an Arkansas-based group that rejected her application to purchase land due to her Jewish ancestry and interracial family.
- Return to the Land operates a 157-acre compound in Sharp County, screening applicants for race and religion to maintain an all-white settlement while claiming exemption from civil rights laws as a private membership association.
- Walker, a St. Louis-based real estate broker, answered questions about her ancestry and family during the application process before receiving notice she was 'not an ideal fit' for the community.
- Backed by Legal Aid of Arkansas and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the lawsuit seeks an injunction to halt discriminatory practices and compensatory damages for violations of federal and state fair housing laws.
- The group has faced scrutiny for expansion attempts into other states, prompting Pennsylvania legislators to pass House Bill 2103 in April by a 101-100 vote to block creation of race-exclusive housing communities.
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Suit targets whites-only Arkansas community over applicant rejected for Jewish roots, Black husband
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Lawsuit filed against whites-only community in northeast Arkansas
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas challenges a whites-only community development in Lawrence County. According to the lawsuit, Return to the Land violated federal fair housing laws by refusing to sell property to Michelle Walker, a St. Louis-area real estate broker. The lawsuit states Walker, who is of Jewish ancestry and married to a Black man, applied to purchase land in the community near Ra…
A remote settlement described as an “all-whites” community in Arkansas’s Ozark Mountains is facing a discrimination lawsuit after rejecting a woman’s request to buy land there.
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A real estate broker says an organization denied her the opportunity to purchase land in an Arkansas development because of her Jewish ancestry, and because she has a Black husband
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