Meeting of Afro Ice Dealers Association
- Title of event
- Meeting of Afro Ice Dealers Association
- Type of event
- Meeting
- Address of event
- Meeting of Afro Ice Dealers Association Happened Entirely at 208, W 149th St
- Report on event
- Meeting of Afro Ice Dealers Association Primary event referenced by Icemen Organize
- Start date / time
- July 28, 1931
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Evening)
- Description
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Meeting decided to enter ice price war being fought by Italian wholesalers; decide to undercut them, selling below cost, beginning July 29, 1931. Promised the support of the Harlem Housewives Association and the National Negro Business League, who had representatives at the meeting. Initially, 25 trucks and 50 basement sellers involved, of 120 black ice dealers in Harlem