The Contract Buyers League was a collective of African American Chicago homeowners originating in North Lawndale on Chicago's West Side, who, in the late 1960s protested the exploitative sale of homes to blacks through contract selling.
This article was the feature story of the June issue of the Atlantic Monthly by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It's been out for over a month, but just in case you missed it, it focuses on North Lawndale and Clyde Ross of the CBL. The Case for Reparations