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Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:46 am to sjmabry
well its the Zydeco Capital of the World
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:49 am to SCwTiger
--Billy Ray's
--Ray's (the old one on 182)
--Outstanding daylilies at Durio's nursery
--A brand new Civil War marker for those of you who have yet to get over Appomattox
--Soileau's Dinner Club
Beyond that, not much. The people are generally nice but very insular. The overall educational level is low. The public schools are awful. The overall level of sophistication is low, and most residents are happy for it to remain that way. I think there is still a good bit of racial tension as the old white power structure continues to grudgingly yield to the overwhelmingly black majority.
There are some really good, smart, motivated, sophisticated people in Opelousas. There just aren't many.
--Ray's (the old one on 182)
--Outstanding daylilies at Durio's nursery
--A brand new Civil War marker for those of you who have yet to get over Appomattox
--Soileau's Dinner Club
Beyond that, not much. The people are generally nice but very insular. The overall educational level is low. The public schools are awful. The overall level of sophistication is low, and most residents are happy for it to remain that way. I think there is still a good bit of racial tension as the old white power structure continues to grudgingly yield to the overwhelmingly black majority.
There are some really good, smart, motivated, sophisticated people in Opelousas. There just aren't many.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:52 am to mpar98
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Zydeco Capital of the World
That is new. It is similar to New Orleans marketing itself as Cajun.
Plaisance is where zydeco and Creole culture grew up when I was young. Opelousas has just glommed onto it as a tourism feature. Opelousas was by no means a zydeco town until pretty recently.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:52 am to Broke
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Country Meat Block
Excellent hogshead cheese.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:53 am to JudgeHolden
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Beyond that, not much. The people are generally nice but very insular. The overall educational level is low. The public schools are awful. The overall level of sophistication is low, and most residents are happy for it to remain that way. I think there is still a good bit of racial tension as the old white power structure continues to grudgingly yield to the overwhelmingly black majority.
75.1% African American
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:53 am to goldennugget
Opelousas is a crime riddled shite hole. I'm sure there are a few redeeming qualities but as the city continues to decline those will disappear as well.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:55 am to yellowfin
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75.1% African American
Public schools in Opelousas desegregated in 1969. That meant the class of 81, my class, was the first to be integrated from the start.
I think John Joseph became the first black mayor. We knew him as "Peanut" when he was the principal at East Jr. High. But he was elected a long, long time after the city was majority black.
I was too poor to really understand who actually ran the city back then. But I have always heard that it was the Boagnis and the Thistlewaites and maybe the Bordelons.
This post was edited on 6/24/15 at 11:58 am
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:57 am to JudgeHolden
I remember Eunice High still had segregated prom in the late 90s.....they may still have it today
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:58 am to yellowfin
Back in the way back, there was a real Jewish community in Opelousas, including the Davlins, the Sandoz family, and the Posners. I think they paid for a rabbi to come in from time to time.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:59 am to JudgeHolden
The bankruptcy court kept a lot of lawyers there in business until it moved to Lafayette.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 12:00 pm to JudgeHolden
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the Sandoz family
attorneys?
I've worked with them before
Posted on 6/24/15 at 12:00 pm to yellowfin
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None of the good looking girls that went to OC actually lived in Opelousas
That's not accurate for the people around my age group.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 12:01 pm to goldennugget
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The Opelousas Massacre occurred on September 28, 1868 in Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, United States. The event is also referred to as the Opelousas Riot by some historians.
The initial catalyst for the massacre was the attempt by some Opelousas African Americans to join a Democratic Party political group in the neighboring town of Washington. White Democrats in Opelousas, mainly members of the Seymour Knights, the local unit of the white supremacist organization Knights of the White Camellia, visited Washington to violently drive them out of the party. In response to this, Emerson Bentley, an 18 year old Ohio-born white school teacher and editor of "The Landry Progress", a Republican newspaper in Opelousas, wrote an article which described the violence that the Seymour Knights had used against the black Democrats in Washington and argued that such violence should persuade the blacks to remain loyal to the Republican Party. Bentley had also been promoting the education of black children and spent time registering blacks to vote. Shortly after the article appeared, Bentley was assaulted and severely beaten by three white men while he taught his class. After the assault, Bentley fled town and headed back north.
Due to his mysterious absence, reports circulated that Bentley had been killed for his news article. Several local armed African Americans banded together to retaliate and marched toward Opelousas. Some retreated from the march after being informed that Bentley had not been murdered. The armed blacks were met by armed whites determined to defend their town, many of whom had been rallied by The Knights of the White Camellia. Due to local laws restricting gun ownership from blacks, the white Democrats had the overwhelming advantage in weapons, as well as in numbers. Shooting occurred by both sides and twenty-nine black prisoners were captured. On September 29, all of the captured prisoners, with the exception of two men, were taken from the prison and executed, including twelve leaders of the Black Republicans.
These events sparked anti-black violence that continued for weeks. The death toll of the massacre resulted in some controversy. Three white Radical Republicans and two Democrats were killed in the initial assault. Republicans stated that around 200-300 blacks were killed whereas the Democrats denied this claim as fraudulent and stated that only 25-30 were killed. Many historians today have concluded that the Republicans' estimate was more accurate. It was also reported that 30-50 whites were killed.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 12:01 pm to yellowfin
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Sandoz
Yes. Let me qualify this. I think that is a Jewish family. I could be wrong. I did not run in those circles, and by those circles, I mean the non-trashy circles (to use OT language).
They also owned the hardware store.
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