1976-1980
Day 56 1976: Rosedale, Queens New York Uses Violence To Stop Blacks From Moving To New York Normally, New York City is seen as a wonderfully diverse and accepting community. But, a documentary produced in 1976 by Bill Moyer shows just how inaccurate that assumption was/is. Rosedale, in Queens, New York, was a working class, immigrant area with many Jews, Irish, Italians, Polish, etc. Everything was wonderful until blacks began moving to the area. In 1971, a score of men and teenage boys using axes and picks nearly destroyed a house, reportedly bought by a black man married to a white woman. Two hundred residents stood by and watched. On New Year’s Eve 1974, a pipe bomb went off at the home of Tony and Glenda Spencer and their two sons while they slept. Intending to kill them all, a note was left that said, ““Nigger, be warned. We have time. We will get your firstborn first.” It was signed: Viva Boston. KKK.” In 1975 a group of young, black girls were riding their bikes around the...