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Early African American Community in Lakeland - "Released from Jail - Special to the Post", The Washington Post, October 5, 1899, p. 4
A man who was arrested in Lakeland blamed his arrest on the work of African American men in the neighborhood.
Early African American Community in Lakeland - "Killed on a Railroad - Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun", The Baltimore Sun, July 30 1898, p. 9.
Describes the death of an African American man from Hyattsville, when he was coming home from a cakewalk in Lakeland.
Lakeland Fire Article from the Washington Evening Star - "Delegates Chosen", Evening Star, April 16, 1900, p. 6
Article from the Evening Star detailing the fires at two cottages in Lakeland. Contains a brief description of the fires.
Lakeland Fire Article from Washington Post - "Crazed After Many Months - Special to the Post", The Washington Post, April 16, 1900, p. 9.
Article from the Washington Post on April 16, 1900 about suspicious fires that destroyed two houses in Lakeland. This article specifically discusses the fact that the property owners were unwilling to rent them to African Americans, and that the…
Lakeland Fire Article Baltimore Sun - "Fire Loss 1 --No Title", Baltimore Sun, April 16, 1900, p.9
An article from the Baltimore Sun on April 16, 1900 that descrives a fire in Lakeland in which "two of the best and largest houses", unoccupied at the time, were burned.
