A selection of glass bottles excavated from the privy shaft at 1222-1224 Howard/LaSalle Street

ID: 6199 ~ Source: University of New Orleans Department of Anthropology and Sociology ~ Date: 2020

This file appears in: The Melpomene Neighborhood, 1930-1960

This file appears in: The Melpomene Neighborhood, 1930-1960

The Melpomene Neighborhood, 1930-1960

By D. Ryan Gray, Lauren Smith & Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor

Between the 1930s and 1960s, racist policies at every level of government pushed Black residents of New Orleans into lower-paying jobs and racially segregated neighborhoods. Throughout the nation,…