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re: BR Native Tim Parrish writes book on growing up in BR

Posted by Junebug9185 on 6/23/15 at 3:37 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger

What drove people out was the forced bussing of black students from black schools not even close to our neighorhood. The crime rate increased, people moved, black people moved in, violence in the schools increased. I was there. This is a fact. If you look at this particular part of town now and if you could see what it was back then, it looks like a war zone now. How do you explain that?

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re: BR Native Tim Parrish writes book on growing up in BR

Posted by Junebug9185 on 6/23/15 at 3:34 pm to meauxjeaux2

This book came out way before Charleston, way before Ferguson, way before Baltimore. This book is the truth and it is fact. I was in the same neighborhood, same school and same environment as the author. If you can't handle the truth, which is our truth, don't reduce yourself to calling people names. This is way it was in those days. Our historical story needs to be respected just as much as anyone's.

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re: BR Native Tim Parrish writes book on growing up in BR

Posted by Junebug9185 on 6/23/15 at 3:30 pm to Jimbeaux

The church in North Baton Rouge that I grew up in where I was baptized and taught me everything I know about Christianity banned black people from our church and even had "Deacons" standing at the front door as security. This was in 1970's. I was there and it's a fact.

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