Attorney Willis O. Tyler changed California law and improved the lives of African Americans in L.A. Now the intersection where his office was is dedicated to him.
When the government acknowledges that it has violated our core democratic principles of justice and equality but refuses to take steps to redress its actions — it weakens our democracy.Though Tyler was not successful in preventing the taking of the Bruces’ property, his legal brilliance in that era of brutal discrimination helped changed the California law in many ways. He was a genius and a trailblazer, well before he arrived in Los Angeles in the early 20th century.
Tyler, a gifted orator who won statewide prizes in college, graduated in 1907 from Harvard Law School, where he received the highest honors ever given to an African American student. He moved to Los Angeles, became a civil rights attorney and worked closely with the NAACP, litigating dozens of cases to secure, protect and improve the rights of African Americans in this city.
Yet Tyler was undeterred. In a stroke of legal brilliance, he argued that the racially restrictive covenant must be ruled invalid because it violated the rights of the white property owner to sell his or her property as he or she sees fit. In 1919, the appeals court agreed with Tyler, allowing the Garrotts to remain in their family home.The Garrott case was decided almost three decades before the U.S.
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