Willie Mays Buys A House in Sherwood Forest

KPIX Eyewitness News report from November 14th 1957 featuring an interview with New York Giants baseball star Willie Mays who is relocating with the team to San Francisco next year. Mays had recently put in an offer to buy a home in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood of San Francisco which the owner initially accepted. Neighbors complained that if an African American family moved into the area house prices would fall so the owner refused to proceed. However in the face of adverse publicity over his decision the owner finally agreed to sell at the original price of $37500. Mays explains that: "It was a disappointment to me because I didn't figure I would have this much trouble trying to buy a place. That's why when I go looking for a house I don't worry about who living besides me."