Collection:LPB

Genre: Documentary

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2008-02-26

Duration: 00:57:23

Subjects: History | African Americans | Segregation | Civil Rights | SWIMMING POOLS | Baton Rouge Bus Boycott, 1953 | School integration. | Desegregation | Recreation and Park Commission for the Parish of East Baton Rouge

Contributors:

• Kendrick, Dorothy Producer
• White, Trudy Writer
• Bailey, Milton Narrator
• Butler, Edmae Interviewee
• Delpit, Joe Interviewee
• Smith, Charles T. Interviewee
• Lawless, Marjorie Interviewee
• Dalcourt, Elvin Interviewee
• Byrd, Adolph Interviewee
• Williams, Theda Martinez Interviewee
• Tacneau, Thelma Cary Interviewee
• Warren, Almenia Freeman Interviewee
• Baker-White, Avis Interviewee
• Anderson, Dupuy Speaker
• Jones, Johnnie Interviewee
• Rivers, Freya Rivers Interviewee
• Hall, Sidney Interviewee
• Rutledge, Domoine Interviewee
• Placide, Charlotte Interviewee
• Godfrey, Brace Interviewee
• George, Pearl Speaker
• Claiborne, Betty Interviewee
• Burns, Paul Interviewee
• Temple, Collis, Jr. Interviewee
• White, Trudy Interviewee
• Bowman, Betta Interviewee

A 2008 documentary chronicling the efforts of the African American community in Baton Rouge to integrate public facilities. It covers: the self-sufficient black community in south Baton Rouge during segregation; the white-only City Park pool and the lack of safe swimming areas for black children; the drowning of several black children in area swimming holes; the formation of the United Negro Recreational Association (UNRA) and their work in building the playground and swimming pool at Brooks Park; the efforts of the black community to integrate the city bus system, public schools, local pools, and City Hall; the building of the new McKinley Middle Magnet School next to Brooks Park; and the efforts to preserve the history and accomplishments of the UNRA. Narrator: Milton Bailey