Exactly 100 years ago today, this article came out in the New York Times:

The “alarm in neighborhood” and “real estate men fear”, of course, is code for white residents.

Later in the article, the process of what will later be termed ‘white flight’ is described as contributing to the decline in the white church’s numbers, which in turn led it to be favorably impressed by the offer.

The center of Black Harlem is described as being on West 135th Street, but further expansion southward, seems to be particularly troubling to the writer and the (white) Harlemites quoted.

For the full article, see below: