A woman with Jewish ancestry has sued Return to the Land, the whites-only housing community in Arkansas, alleging the group discriminated against her by refusing to sell her land on the basis of race and religion.
Michelle Walker, the plaintiff, believes she was denied entry to the community because of her Jewish ancestry and the fact that she is married to a Black man and has biracial children, according to the complaint, filed in federal court Wednesday morning.
Last June, the Forwardbroke a story about Return to the Land’s effort to revive segregated housing, with the group screening applicants for race and religion before allowing them to live on its 160-acre property in Ravenden, Ark…