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The First Day
1911
On the way to his new job, dressed in freshly ironed clothing, Samuel J. Battle remembered the train ride when white citizens called him "an invader." During those times, it was not popular to rent to blacks in Harlem. In fact, the Harlem Home News said, "Heart of Harlem Now to be Invaded by Negroes."
The police commissioner said to Samuel J. Battle,
"You will have some difficulties but I know you will overcome them.”
To read more about this and other stories, check out One Righteous Man by Arthur Browne.
To read more about this and other stories, check out The Black Shields by Roger L. Abel.
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