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re: For anyone with parents/grandparents alive during segregation
Posted on 12/28/14 at 1:24 pm to 337Tiger19
Posted on 12/28/14 at 1:24 pm to 337Tiger19
I remember the old ferry boats (in BTR) had the upper observation decks segregated. The 'white' side had benches to sit on, the 'colored' side did not. The stairs leading up were marked as well. I was a small kid at the time, but it is my first memory of segregation.
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Posted on 12/28/14 at 1:40 pm to 337Tiger19
I remember the whites sitting in the bottom part of the theatre while blacks sat in the balcony. I also remember trying to get the black kids to come out and play baseball with our local league. They laughed at me and told me that their facilities were much better and the level of play was better. 
Posted on 12/28/14 at 1:46 pm to Redbone
Haha well where's the stories man? Get to typing.
This post was edited on 12/28/14 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 12/28/14 at 1:55 pm to 337Tiger19
I was in the 7th grade when the schools desegregated in Ouachita Parish. I don't recall any real tension between the white and black students. As an earlier poster noted, our primary problem was the desegregation of the faculty. The new black teachers handled classroom etiquette, discipline, teaching methods, etc. in a fashion that we weren't accustomed to. I got a new teacher around mid-term (algebra of all subjects!) who couldn't control the class. When we got rowdy she would continue the day's lesson while speaking at a lower volume. She would take big ole slugs of Dr. Tichenors antiseptic right in front of the class - drink part of it - swish the rest around in her mouth and then spit it into the trash can.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 1:59 pm to JoePepitone
First black basketball and football at LSU same time as me.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 2:01 pm to JoePepitone
Desegregation pretty much ruined my dad's Sr year of high school. They shut down Port Allen High and he had to go to Istrouma for most of the year.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 2:05 pm to upgrayedd
They made a mess of it by implementing it mid-year. I don't remember but maybe the court rulings took affect on January 1st. 
Posted on 12/28/14 at 2:38 pm to 337Tiger19
I remember it pretty well. My parents were dirt poor depression era kids with nothing to start with. My parents started a business that became pretty successful, brought up anyone and everyone that they could along with them a a matter of appreciation/ethics. I doubt you'll see that anymore.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 2:40 pm to 337Tiger19
Grandparents grew up in old south BR. 2 Catholic Churches walking distance from one another. One for whites (st Agnes), one for blacks (st Francis).
They told me some crazy stories about back then.
I remember some stories my great grandparents told me.........now their times were really F'd up
They told me some crazy stories about back then.
I remember some stories my great grandparents told me.........now their times were really F'd up
Posted on 12/28/14 at 2:46 pm to chinhoyang
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This thread makes me glad I grew up in Hawaii. All we had to worry about were the Hawaiians who didn't like the haoles.
that's a pretty racist, circle the wagons type of people
Posted on 12/28/14 at 4:38 pm to 337Tiger19
When I worked at Ethyl Corp. in 1972-85, and I know that is following desegregation, but there were 2 change rooms, 2 lunch rooms, 2 restrooms, 2 water fountains, and a petition in the center of the smoke pen. So you get the idea that above each there were signs that had once read "White Only" and "Colored Only" above them. The funny thing was other then the water fountains, was blacks used one of each mentioned above, and whites always used the other. So it wasn't hard to figure which signs were where.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 4:53 pm to 337Tiger19
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Haha well where's the stories man? Get to typing.
I was 16. The kkk burned a cross in front of the business where I worked. It wasn't directed at our business but the black employees were really shaken. I tried to reassure them. Later that day I rode down the highway to read all the signs that had been put out by the kkk the night before. On my way home I ran across a long time black friend of mine. He was really pissed and blamed it all on me. We never spoke again.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 5:00 pm to 337Tiger19
A kid I played little league baseball with's dad was a LEO with Jackson? Ms PD
He was killed during the riots at Jackson State. My younger son was at an academic competition at Jackson State a few years ago and I showed him the bullet scars on the tower and explained the story amd why the road was closed to auto traffic
My grandfather was chief of the PD on a small town in Ms. One night a black man riding the bus needed to use the bathroom at the bus stop. He was denied access and attempted to go in the alley. A deputy shot and killed him. No charges were ever brought. My grandfather amd the deputy were later on the cover of Time magazine for the wrong reason.
So yeah, I saw both sides first hand.
He was killed during the riots at Jackson State. My younger son was at an academic competition at Jackson State a few years ago and I showed him the bullet scars on the tower and explained the story amd why the road was closed to auto traffic
My grandfather was chief of the PD on a small town in Ms. One night a black man riding the bus needed to use the bathroom at the bus stop. He was denied access and attempted to go in the alley. A deputy shot and killed him. No charges were ever brought. My grandfather amd the deputy were later on the cover of Time magazine for the wrong reason.
So yeah, I saw both sides first hand.
This post was edited on 12/28/14 at 5:04 pm
Posted on 12/28/14 at 5:03 pm to 337Tiger19
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Haha well where's the stories man? Get to typing.
The first black to attend our school was one lonely skinny black female and she was in my class. Some of the white girls became friends with her but most of us just paid no attention to her. We all went to the new larger EAHS the next year and she was still the only black person. She still had the same friends but some guys treated her very badly. I saw a group of them throw eggs at her. They moved in as a group of 20-25 and about 3 guys threw eggs from the middle and then the group moved away and disbanded.
She had attended a school not much better than a one room school. She graduated very high in our class and went on to become a Doctor, the only one from 256 graduates the last I heard.
My sister graduated 8 years later. It was terrible. They had to go everywhere in groups or the black kids would beat them up.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 5:15 pm to 337Tiger19
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Haha well where's the stories man? Get to typing
Race riot in B.R. in 1972. People were killed. Reporter Bob Johnson was beaten nearly to death. There were curfews. My relief was a black guy one night and was due to relieve me at 11 p.m. He was late because he was stopped and detained by the National Guard.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 5:17 pm to Redbone
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FWIW, my mom was part of the first segregated class to graduate there and she said there were no problems and everyone got along well.
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I was too but the outcome wasn't the same.
Me to in New Orleans. Had more cops in school then teachers. And yes, my brother and I both were stabbed in the back.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 5:28 pm to 337Tiger19
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Haha well where's the stories man? Get to typing.
I worked in a diner when I was in my mid teens. It served white only but blacks could get go boxes at the back door. Previously in my younger years I had asked why only whites could eat in some places and was told it was because blacks were nasty and had germs. Now in the diner I saw only black people cooking and washing dishes. Even this dumbass kid could see a problem with the thought .. or lack thereof in this situation.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 5:29 pm to 337Tiger19
From what I gathered over years from my grandpaw everybody was happier.
Blacks and whites.
Blacks and whites.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 5:36 pm to 337Tiger19
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Haha well where's the stories man? Get to typing.
In my junior and senior years the two sides went after each other throwing eggs, cheap ice cream cones and sometimes worse at each other on weekend nights. They went hunting for good situations to attack. I think the white boys came out ahead because there were more of them and few black teenage guys had cars. It may sound kinda like fun to some but it wasn't meant to be. During this time of year it got worse. We had access to some pretty powerful fireworks that were thrown.
Posted on 12/28/14 at 5:47 pm to TIGRLEE
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From what I gathered over years from my grandpaw everybody was happier.
Blacks and whites.
That was most definitely what I experienced BUT there was MUCH inequality. When we began to work on the disparity many black people, mostly the younger ones began to screw it up. Then the government really pissed off the white people which continues to this day. Now it is beyond repair imo.
We get the likes of Strongsafety (a member here) that is invested in black theology, reverend wright, Louis Farakhan, rev./dr./mr. j.j./al s. Race baiters one and all hell bent on creating problems instead of seeking solutions.
This post was edited on 12/28/14 at 5:50 pm
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