How much do you know about the history of the land you own? A business owner in Edmond says he discovered a shocking passage about his land that would have restricted him from even owning property there 70 years ago. Wayne Frost, owner of Frost Auto Accessory and Design, fought land battles in Edmund and his neighbor behind the auto shop for nearly six years. “I made a lot of concessions to make them happy, but some of the neighbors were still not happy. They basically just said Frost said he didn’t want me here. They even suggested that I buy the property elsewhere. Instead, he was in his bought an additional property behind his store and had more objections from neighbors who said he couldn’t expand the business into their neighborhood. So he did some digging and found something he never imagined.” It disturbs me that this writing is still valid today in books and in Oklahoma,” Frost said. On a block. The document, notarized in 1950, reads: “Except for the Caucasian No person of any race other than Native Americans or American Indians could own or use land. “My initial thought was, can this be enforced? Can they make me sell my land? “Country? I don’t know because I’ve never been in that situation before,” Frost said. After the Supreme Court’s landmark 1948 decision, Shelley v. Kraemer, the case struck down racially restrictive housing covenants. “Most of the housing additions were built before 1950, like 1910, those 40 or 50 years. Almost all of the housing had a clause that tried to restrict non-white people from living there or owning property,” Edmund said Derek Lee, curator of collections at the History Museum. Therefore, neither this nor any other is enforceable. “We established the Ku Klux Klan chapter here in the 20s, and the racially restrictive deeds found in build-up deeds and build-up sites,” Lee said. Frost said he has been asking the city to remove the language. “You shouldn’t be buying a property in Edmond or anywhere in the United States in 2023 and have that kind of wording looked at in your face,” Frost said. KOCO 5 contacted the city for comment on Friday, saying, “While the city neither agrees nor supports the racially restrictive language in the convention, it does not have a jurisdiction document over a county, nor does it force changes to county documents (including the covenant document). However, the City Council has passed a state legislative priority in 2023 to support legislation that would allow discriminatory restrictive covenants to be removed from public land records. Do the right thing,” Frost Special said.
How much do you know about the history of your country?
A business owner in Edmond says he has discovered a shocking passage about his land that would have restricted him from even owning property there 70 years ago.
Wayne Frost, owner of Frost Auto Accessory and Design, spent nearly six years in Edmonds fighting land battles with his neighbors behind the auto shop.
“I made a lot of concessions to make them happy, but certain neighbors were still not happy. They basically just didn’t want me to live here. They even suggested I buy somewhere else,” Frost said.
Instead, he bought additional property behind the store and faced more opposition from neighbors who said he couldn’t expand the business into their neighborhood. So he did some digging and found something he never thought possible.
“It disturbs me that this article is still valid today in the books and in the state of Oklahoma,” Frost said.
A parcel is a map that divides certain lots in a community. The document, notarized in 1950, reads: “No race other than the Caucasian or the American Indian shall own or use the land.”
“My initial thought was, can this be enforced? Can they make me sell my land? I don’t know because I’ve never been in that situation before,” Frost said.
After the Supreme Court’s landmark 1948 decision, Shelley v. Kraemer), the case struck down racially restrictive housing covenants.
“Most of the new housing was built before 1950, like 1910, those 40 or 50 years. Almost all of that housing had a clause that tried to restrict non-white people from living there or owning property,” Derek Lee Says, curator of the collection at the Edmond Historical Museum.
Therefore, this or any other is not executable.
“We established the Ku Klux Klan chapter here in the 20s, and the racially restrictive covenants found in the housing build-up deeds and build-up lots,” Lee said.
Frost said he has been asking the city to remove the language.
“You shouldn’t be buying property in Edmond or anywhere in the U.S. in 2023 and let that wording stare at you,” Frost said.
KOCO 5 contacted the city for comment on Friday, saying, “While the city neither agrees nor supports the racially restrictive language in the covenant, it has no jurisdiction over the county document and no legal avenues to force changes to the county document.” , including this deed document. However, the City Council has passed a state legislative priority in 2023 to support legislation that would allow discriminatory restrictive covenants to be removed from public land records.”
“For this to happen, to remove it, it takes people in power who want to do the right thing,” Frost said.