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Into was a mostly white neighborhood at least a street. and they move there in june of 1939, they had been told by a local real estate agent that it would be fine even though they were a black family moving into a mostly white neighborhood. it was not fine, they did not last the week. it made the local news and the headlines that are still hard to look at today. fourth worth crowds attacks negroes. violence climaxed observance of negroes a men s position when a crowd estimated of 500 persons stormed the house of otis flake. the man hurled rocks and entered the dwelling and began carrying furniture into the street after mr. flake, his wife and three children fled from the house. flake moved into the house last friday. for four nights, since they ve been there, police have watched the area attempting to disperse ....
Crowds that have assembled on a nearby corner to protest the moving of negroes into a white residential district. here s another one. negroes driven out, furniture burned. mob fix black from white neighborhood. police today were investigating him near why it that developed when a group of 500 persons drove otis flake, knee grow, from his recently purchased home. negroes tenants are protested, this one describe quote aroused residents, who have been fighting against encroachment of negroes in the area. that one was actually published in this telegram before the attack that drove the family from their home. this article, negroes ted it s our protested describe a crowd of about 150 people that had to be dispersed from outside their home on that saturday night. it is quite possible that that article from the forth worth star telegram about the aroused residents fighting encroachment of negroes was part of how the ....