During segregation, Lincoln Beach was the only place on Lake Pontchartrain where Black people were allowed to swim. Now, after years of neglect and the intervention of local volunteers, it’s on the edge of revival.
Category: Segregation and Desegregation
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Helen Williams, a Top Model in a Segregated Era, Is Dead at 87
She was one of the most photographed Black models of the 1950s and ’60s, seen mainly in magazines, like Ebony and Jet, aimed at the Black middle class.
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Two Documentaries on School Integration Offer New Views of an Old Problem
Premiering in September, the films take very different looks at what has and hasn’t changed in the almost 70 years since Brown v. Board of Education.
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C.R. Roberts, Scoring Sensation in Milestone Game, Dies at 87
In 1956, he starred for the University of Southern California in a signal victory over an all-white University of Texas team after withstanding racial threats.
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‘The League’ Review: A Crucial Baseball Legacy
Sam Pollard’s new documentary traces the history of the Negro leagues.
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Can Cultural Identity Be Defined by Food?
The New York Times – Travel:Cuisine is one of the few ways to characterize Singapore’s Peranakan culture, a hard-to-pin-down blend of ethnic and racial identities.