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Chinese-American family donating $5M to Black community to thank Black couple who rented to them in 1939
Gus and Emma Thompson, a black couple, are being recognized for their courageous decision to rent their Coronado, California, property to Lloyd Dong Sr. and his wife in 1939, despite widespread racial restrictions on home ownership and rental at the time. Today, the Dongs possess the Thompsons’ original home at 832 C Ave. as well…
