Draft:Issac Haggmis & Real Estate Bombing

• Comment: Nothing about this event appears to meet the criteria of WP:NEVENT. Haggins as a biographyical subject does not mee the criteria of WP:BIO. This appears to be an item of local interest to the Cleveland, Ohio area, but not of global encyclopedic interest. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 19:53, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

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Issac Haggins was born in New Bern, North Carolina on August 18, 1930. His grandfather, Issac Smith, was born as a slave and had worked as a legislator after discovering creating a black community in New Bern. Around the age of five Haggins moved to Asbury Park, NJ with his father, a waiter. When he was there, Haggins got a job as a shoeshiner and delivered newspapers. In 1949, he attended West Virginia State College and then graduated at the age of 22. After this achievement, Haggins decided to move to Cleveland, Ohio in 1954 since his older brother, Everett already lived there. His first occupation in Cleveland was being a waiter for local clubs. Haggins made history in 1955 by becoming the first black manager in a shoe store. He then got married in 1955 to Kathleen Miller and had four children named Issac, Jr, Ivan, Lleane, and Kathleen. In 1959, Haggins was an agent for the L.C. Hinkle Realty Company. He began his position by working from home. In 1961 he opened his own real estate business on St. Clair Ave, Haggins focus was selling homes to any race. In 1968 he opened another office in Cleveland Heights, which made it the first black-owned business in the suburbs. Shortly in February 1969, his office was bombed due to racial violence. The crime was unsolved, leaving around $10,000 to $12,000 in repair to fix the damaged interior. Members of the community contribute to help get justice. Many homeowners offered their properties to Haggins open market. In 1971, Haggins Realty made over $1 million in sales in October. Haggins Realty closed in 1978 and merged into a small office located in South Euclid, he later then retired in 2015.