@Rockhead,
Yes, which I understand was not far different than many towns like ours back in the 50's. I grew up in the 50's for the most part, Rocky, so that is my point of reference. There were also separate parks, swimming pools, and drinking fountains. I did not understand it as a kid, but it gradually fell away and the community has been integrated for a very long time, I think since Eisenhower was in office, which is not an insignificant point. I think there might be some tendency for families to congregate in their old familiar areas, but it is certainly not like it was.
We lived out in the country, and there were few black farmers, not even now, in that area at least. I have written this before, that there is a community in Oklahoma, known as Langston, which was a black settlement of farmers, etc., and there is a university there as well.
My dad was in the VFW, and he had a few black friends there, and in fact a couple sang for my parents at their 50th wedding anniversary. I can in total honesty tell you that my parents were not in the least prejudiced whatsoever, and they raised us children accordingly. So don't even go off on some pre-conceived rant about conservatives being prejudiced, Rocky. In fact, the most prejudiced person I knew as a kid was our neighbor lady that my mother would pick up groceries for and drop them by her house. If I was with my mother on this errand, I always knew that it would end up listening to this old lady for a half hour or more, a staunch Democrat, sit there and rant about how the world was going bad, one reason being the blacks. My mother was Democrat too, but she would either ignore her or gently try to encourage her to be more positive and less prejudiced when she got on that subject.
I don't need to tell you this stuff, but I do in the interest of being open, honest, and informative about what I believe and why.
