“We are very interested in our neighbors, and if [our house] was for sale, we will never sell to a negro,” wrote a paint store salesman. “We are one hundred per cent for our white people to live & stand by each other.” Helping blacks move into the area was not merely unconscionable but unpatriotic. “My house is not for Sale,” a saleswoman with a home decorating outfit informed the committee. “I am a red blooded American and a true Southerner.”
