Robert J. Wapinski
Great Homes Realty
926-1010
and for three hours he went door-to-door in Martinwood Estates, ringing doorbells, announcing to those who answered, “Hi. My name is Ty Dorsey. I’m an associate of Robert Wapinski’s—Bobby—of Great Homes Realty. We jus wanted you to have a pad with our phone number on it.”
Other than a polite thank-you, very few residents spoke with him. In 1970 large black men just didn’t go door-to-door in Martinwood Estates. Even Mrs. Grassplat, mother and housewife of the only black family in the subdivision, didn’t feel comfortable with Ty looming on her porch—expensive suit or not.
By three o’clock Peter Wilcox had taken two calls (and the local police three), questioning the legitimacy of Ty’s association to Great Homes. At three thirty one neighbor
