Gus and Emma Thompson rented to the Dong family when no one else would. Decades later the Dongs have found a way to say thanks with a $5-million gift. Black couple defied racism and rented to ...

Only one couple would rent to him in 1939: Gus and Emma Thompson, one of the few Black families that owned a home in Coronado. After Gus — a former enslaved person — died, Emma sold the house ...

Only one couple would rent to him in 1939: Gus and Emma Thompson, one of the few Black families that owned a home in Coronado. After Gus — a former enslaved person — died, Emma sold the house ...

Emma and Gus Thompson, a Black entrepreneurial couple in town, allowed the family to rent and eventually buy their Coronado property when nobody else would.

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. ...

Brother Ron and Lloyd Dong, along with their spouses, donated $5 million to SDSU's Black Resource Center in honor of Gus and Emma Thompson. "They saved our family and so we had an opportunity to ...

Brother Ron and Lloyd Dong, along with their spouses, donated $5 million to SDSU's Black Resource Center in honor of Gus and Emma Thompson. "They saved our family and so we had an opportunity to ...

SDSU President Adela de la Torre said the gift comes from brothers Lloyd Dong Jr. and Ron Dong in honor of the late Gus and Emma Thompson, and will benefit the center. Gus Thompson was born into ...

Chinese American family repays decades-old favor with $5M donation to college's Black Resource Center The Dong family is selling their Coronado home they once rented, then purchased from a former ...

Emma and Gus Thompson, a Black entrepreneurial couple in town, allowed the family to rent and eventually buy their Coronado property when nobody else would.

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. The Thompsons’ decision touched ...