Pontchartrain Park Pioneers: An oral history of New Orleans’ civil rights era segregated black ‘suburb in the city
Pontchartrain Park Pioneers: An oral history of New Orleans’ civil rights era segregated black ‘suburb in the city
Author(s): Clyde C. Robertson, Jennifer EdwardsSubject(s): Cultural history, Civil Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Oral history, Social history, Culture and social structure , Rural and urban sociology, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Ośrodek »Pamięć i Przyszłość«
Keywords: segregation; integration; discrimination; Pontchartrain Park; Pontchartrain Park Pioneers; redlining; Civil Rights Movement; Southern University at New Orleans; American dream; oral history; Timecode
Summary/Abstract: The article was inspired by the Pontchartrain Park Pioneers Oral History Project which began in 2019. Ten Pontchartrain Park pioneers who purchased their homes in this middle class, African American community between 1955 and 1965 were interviewed. This innovative oral history project allowed the interviewees to share their unique stories of pursuing the ‘American Dream’ of home ownership, while living in a racially segregated country and city.
Journal: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 13
- Page Range: 136-147
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English