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Where did the African American community live in Baton Rouge in the 50's?
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:14 pm
My dad said when he was really young ( 1950's) he lived in a house close to Plank in North Baton Rouge. He said that the area was all white and that the run down houses that are there now were built by the white community. I know things were segregated back then, so where did the black community live and what type of housing was it?
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Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:17 pm to LakeViewLSU
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the run down houses in that area were built by the White community
Uhhh.... what kind of conversation were y'all having that led to him giving you this information?
This post was edited on 12/22/16 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:18 pm to LakeViewLSU
quote:Aren't most ghettos what is left after they come in and the whites bail out?
He said that the area was all white and that the run down houses that are there now were built by the white community
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:20 pm to LakeViewLSU
at home.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:21 pm to CaptainPanic
quote:Not sure how that answers the OPs question
Aren't most ghettos what is left after they come in and the whites bail out?
But to the OP, yes, North BR was a white community back then. It was alot of workers who worked at Exxon that built those houses and lived there.
I would imagine the black community as a whole did not live within the city limits back then
This post was edited on 12/22/16 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:21 pm to LakeViewLSU
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:21 pm to LakeViewLSU
In the country. A little later is when black people migrated to the cities and white people moved out.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:23 pm to LakeViewLSU
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My dad said
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so where did the black community live and what type of housing was it?
Ask your mom, she spent a lot of time there.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:24 pm to LakeViewLSU
New Orleans
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:26 pm to LakeViewLSU
In the 50's and 60's downtown area and plank WAS Baton Rouge. There was no such thing as south Baton Rouge. It was all swamp and woods.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:27 pm to LakeViewLSU
I believe the areas north of LSU and around Southern are historically black areas. Like since the 1800's or early 1900's.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:27 pm to LakeViewLSU
Most likely in Old South Baton Rouge, the Scotlandville area, and the area around Friendship Capitol High.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:32 pm to Jack Daniel
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There was no such thing as south Baton Rouge. It was all swamp and woods
Yep. My dad worked for BR Water Co after graduating from LSU. He said they had to go out to the Stumberg/Tiger Bend area and there was nothing there.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:35 pm to Upslope
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Uhhh.... what kind of conversation were y'all having that led to him giving you this information?
We were going to Tony's and he told me he used to live around there. Said things were segregated back then and that was a white area. Im not sure what you are getting at.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:36 pm to lsupride87
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I would imagine the black community as a whole did not live within the city limits back then
Unless the areas I just mentioned were still not incorporated at that time, this would be false.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:37 pm to LakeViewLSU
I lived there in the 70's and it was primarily Scotlandville and North BR along Plank Road area.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:38 pm to c on z
quote:You talking about the upper and lower? I have a hard time believing that area was a black community in the 50s. That was prime real estate next to LSU and City park. Maybe I am wrong though
I just mentioned were still not incorporated at that time, this would be false.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:38 pm to LakeViewLSU
I grew up in a house in North Baton Rouge right off of Plank Road too. The AAs mostly lived in Scotlandville area in the 60's back when I was a young little fart.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:42 pm to c on z
quote:This was def a white area in the 50s baw
Most likely in Old South Baton Rouge
Posted on 12/22/16 at 4:46 pm to LakeViewLSU
BR sucks so hard
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