![]() ![]() “It just took a few days, and then it really escalated very quickly.” “‘They shouldn’t be here.’ ‘We’re a good neighborhood and we don’t want Blacks in this neighborhood.’ That kind of talk,” Killeen says of the reaction on Buster Drive. Once they did, rumors had started spreading fast, shared in hushed tones over backyard fences and front-porch visits. ![]() Curious neighbors watered their lawns late into the evening, a pretense to be outside and possibly catch a glimpse of the mysterious new family. Carado worked the night shift at General Motors’ Fisher Body plant, often leaving and returning home under cover of darkness.
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