Lynda Lin Grigsby is a freelance journalist and editor who writes about the intersections of race, identity and parenting.
CORONADO, Calif. — Standing on their lawn, members of the Dong family waited to meet the great-grandkids of a Black couple who rented a home to them a generation ago, when laws favored white residents. It was their first meeting on storied land. In 1939, Gus and Emma Thompson, a Black entrepreneurial couple, agreed to rent and eventually sell the house they owned to the Dongs, a Chinese American family.
5 million. The sale recently fell out of escrow. The Dongs are working with the Coronado Historic Resources Commission to determine the home’s historic designation before putting it back on the market. His childhood home holds sentimental family memories but no official historical value, said Ron Dong. To create more living space for the family of six, his father, Lloyd Dong Sr. — a gardener from Central California — made many changes to the house, including the front exterior.
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