Dawn and Pete Sharp, 94 and 98, respectively, moved to the Claremont area in 1957. At the time, Claremont “had signs that said, ‘Would you want your daughter to marry a Negro?’” Dawn recalled. “Oh my gosh! I couldn’t believe that because we had lived in the Black section of Santa Monica and we came out here and in Upland and even in Claremont, Montclair, were all these signs that I guess realtors put up. So, for a while we had a sign on our car …
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