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Originally posted by booWorld
According to a long-time resident of my neighborhood, our sub-division drew a distinction as to who could occupy detached quarters along racial lines. In general, the detached accessory dwelling units were for non-whites. Such covenants reinforced Tulsa's codified racial segregation of the time.
That is not surprising. My original subdivision plat was filed on December 31, 1953, along with the original restrictive covenants, limiting ADU's for domestic servants only. My covenants remained in force until 1978, and then automatically renewed for successive 5-year periods, unless modified by a vote of the majority of the property owners in my subdivision. To my knowledge, none of the original covenants have ever been modified by vote, and technically remain in force today as part of the property deeds.