Built on land deeded by John D. Rockefeller Jr., the Forest Hill subdivision straddled the border between East Cleveland and Cleveland Heights. Into the 1960s its homeowners' association employed clandestine methods to thwart African Americans from moving there. When Isaac Haggins opened his real estate office across North Taylor Road from the subdivision, he found that blacks were still unwelcome there and chose to turn his attention to neighborhoods with less resistance.
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