![That no peson of African, Japanese, Chinese, or of any Mongoloan descent shall be allowed to purchase, own, lease, or occupy said real property or ny part thereof.](https://library.sonoma.edu/sites/library/files/digital-exhibit-black-american-2.jpg)
Local history, truly told, is not populated exclusively with heroes. Early Santa Rosa was a racist town. I don't know a softer way to phrase it. The real sting of racial prejudice was felt first by the Chinese — because there were more of them than any other minority group. Intolerance of black Americans was more subtle. And insidious.
— LeBaron, Gaye. “A Town’s History Is Not Always What We'd Like It to Be.” Santa Rosa Press Democrat, January 17, 1988