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Willie Mays bought castle-like suburban home on East Coast to escape racism in San Francisco

Senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports the latest from Capitol Hill. 

Willie Mays bought a 15-room mansion in a New York City suburb to escape housing discrimination in San Francisco and remained under the radar, as rumors swirled about a crumbling marriage.

When the New York Giants moved to the Bay Area in 1957, buyers didn't want to sell to Mays, despite his superstar fame, because owners "stand to lose a lot if colored people move in," Mays said in an interview, according to James Hirsch's biography about Mays' life.

"Down in Alabama where we come from, you know your place," Mays said in an interview, according to Hirsch. "But up here, it's a lot of camouflage. They grin in your face and deceive you."

The racist housing debacle made national headlines, which he wanted to avoid. He bought a castle-like home 3,000 miles away in New Rochelle, New York, for $75,000 in 1960 from Samuel and Pauline Zaretsky, according to the deed obtained by Fox News Digital.

JOHNNY BENCH'S FUNNY STORY ABOUT WILLIE MAYS

Hall of Famer Willie Mays tips his cap during introductions for the first game of the World Series between the Giants and the Detroit Tigers on Oct. 24, 2012, in San Francisco. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, File)

New Rochelle, nicknamed the "Queen City of the Sound," is about 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan and is the seventh most populated city in New York state.

Mays and his first wife, Margherite, were among the first Black families who moved into the upscale, secluded section of the north end of the city. 

The headline in The New York Times on May 28, 1960, read, "WILLIE MAYS BUYS WESTCHESTER HOME; Neighbors in New Rochelle Welcome Negro Family to $75,000 Stone House."

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