Prior to the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, racial covenants were used in Baltimore to exclude African-Americans, Jews, and other minorities. A 1920 Baltimore Sun advertisement offered housing in West Arlington only for a "recommended Gentile family".[2]
As of the late 1990s, Arlington was home to a population of 6,000 Russian-speaking Jews from Russia, Ukraine, and elsewhere in Eastern Europe.[4] By 2003, some 20,000 Jews of Russian origin lived in the Baltimore region, predominantly in Northwest Baltimore and nearby neighborhoods of Baltimore County.[5]
Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Arlington include: