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re: Where did the African American community live in Baton Rouge in the 50's?
Posted on 12/22/16 at 6:41 pm to LakeViewLSU
Posted on 12/22/16 at 6:41 pm to LakeViewLSU
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Posted on 12/22/16 at 6:45 pm to TbirdSpur2010
It's all good, T-Bird.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 6:46 pm to lsunurse
Grandparents lived on corner of Robertson and Greenwell St
Posted on 12/22/16 at 6:48 pm to LakeViewLSU
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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?
Scotlandville was the main area for black people. Around Mckinley was the second most around Thomas Delpit Dr (which used to be East Blvd. all the way down). My mom stayed over there in the 60s when her dad bought a house in that area. The other area was around Capitol High in the area called Easytown.
Other than those places, most black people stayed in the country areas like Cheneyville north of BR where my dad is from or St. Gabriel south of BR.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 6:57 pm to LakeViewLSU
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I remember everything shaking and glasses falling off of shelves. There was a big cloud outside. My Grandma thought the Russians were attacking.
My grandmother died on thanksgiving night a month before and we were staying at her house while she fought cancer and after she passed on Winnebago st between Winbourne and Prescott. We felt that explosion over there and it knocked some of us to the ground.
My aunt and uncle stayed on Cable st a a block from the damn area that exploded and it blew all of their windows out. Our cousins ended up spending Christmas with us that year.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 7:17 pm to OleWar
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I would imagine where Mckinley middle and high school are located. I assume McKinley middle was the old high school. Mckinley was the black school in town during segregation.
The original McKinley Senior High School is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Some of the history that enabled this structure to be listed on the register is as follows: The forerunner of McKinley Senior High, was named the Hickory Street School, which was located several blocks East of the present site, in 1907-1908. The school outgrew the building, so the school was renamed The Baton Rouge Colored High School and moved to a new location.
Historically to the North of LSU has been for a long time.
This post was edited on 12/22/16 at 7:47 pm
Posted on 12/22/16 at 7:18 pm to DBeaux225
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most black people stayed in the country areas like Cheneyville north of BR where my dad is from
Cheneyville would be more south of Ellick and would not be considered north of Baton rouge, like Baker, Zachary, etc.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 7:23 pm to sjmabry
Posted on 12/22/16 at 7:29 pm to LakeViewLSU
The other side of the tracks
Posted on 12/22/16 at 7:29 pm to Huey Lewis
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I believe the areas north of LSU and around Southern are historically black areas. Like since the 1800's or early 1900's.
Lmao 8 downvotes for this factually accurate statement
Posted on 12/22/16 at 7:33 pm to skuter
I know exactly where that is. We would walk on that footbridge over the canal there
Posted on 12/22/16 at 7:41 pm to Hangit
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Cheneyville would be more south of Ellick and would not be considered north of Baton rouge, like Baker, Zachary, etc.
He's referring to an area that is just north of Zachary that is still unincorporated.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 7:46 pm to LakeViewLSU
What was the crime rate in North BR then, I wonder?
Probably low like in most white communities.
Not high like it is now in that area.
Probably low like in most white communities.
Not high like it is now in that area.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 7:47 pm to LakeViewLSU
The Bottom
Posted on 12/22/16 at 8:01 pm to Huey Lewis
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I believe the areas north of LSU and around Southern are historically black areas. Like since the 1800's or early 1900's.
Have no idea why you're downvoted. Scotlandville has always been black, that's why Southern is near there.
Old south (the bottoms) has also always been mixed/black.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 8:11 pm to lsunurse
behind the church. my first job was at the YMCA
Posted on 12/22/16 at 8:13 pm to Hangit
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Cheneyville would be more south of Ellick and would not be considered north of Baton rouge, like Baker, Zachary, etc.
Wrong Cheneyville bruh
Zion City and Scotlandville
Posted on 12/22/16 at 8:17 pm to DBeaux225
I lived a little further south of Carville during the '50s and '60s. I knew a few people from those areas. I lived in a semi-isolated community that was about 50/50% black/white + one Mexican family and my indian mother.
This reminds me of what Phil Robertson said that got people mad at him. He said all the black people were happy back in those days. He didn't say satisfied. He said happy. Black people in my area were some of the happiest, fun loving people I knew. I enjoyed being around them both young and old.
This reminds me of what Phil Robertson said that got people mad at him. He said all the black people were happy back in those days. He didn't say satisfied. He said happy. Black people in my area were some of the happiest, fun loving people I knew. I enjoyed being around them both young and old.
Posted on 12/22/16 at 8:22 pm to c on z
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He's referring to an area that is just north of Zachary that is still unincorporated.
I have never heard of another Cheneyville. Would it be before Slaughter?
Posted on 12/22/16 at 8:24 pm to Hangit
It's near Northeast high school between Zachary and Pride
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