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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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In Garden Grove, California, a mob confronted Lt. Harold Baudoit, a Black West Point graduate and Air Force officer, and his pregnant wife last Friday night, signing a petition to block their home purchase due to race. (Los Angeles, Jan. 29)
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Los Angeles, Jan. 29—A Negro Air Force officer, reportedly a graduate of West Point, and his expectant wife, were discouraged from buying a home in Garden Grove, mushrooming new town of some 50,000 residents in Orange
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county. last Friday night by a mob which gathered on the street corner, near the house to sign a petition against the sale.
Courageously, young Lieut. Harold Baudoit went out to Garden Grove with his wife, to confront the group apparently in an effort to persuade his prospective neighbors that he wouldn't be a bad neighbor.
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Domestic News Details
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Garden Grove, Orange County, California
Event Date
Last Friday Night
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the couple was discouraged from buying the home
Event Details
A mob gathered on the street corner near the house to sign a petition against the sale to the Negro Air Force officer and his expectant wife. The officer confronted the group to persuade them he would be a good neighbor.