What happened to Little Africa? Louisville's lost Black community

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It’s one of the city’s forgotten towns - Little Africa.
The town was set near what the community now knows as the Park DuValle neighborhood. It’s where freedmen and women settled after the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation.
It was described as a shantytown where many made do with what resources they had and eventually turning it into a thriving community by the 1920s.
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“My foreparents were the first Blacks to settle there in Little Africa years ago,” Howard Breckinridge, a former resident said. “We called it the gateway to the South.”
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13 фев 2021

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@awms3151 Год назад

I came here to see if there were any videos about Cotter Homes. When I googled there was no information. I live in California now but from Louisville. I lived on Duvall Drive building 55. A lot of memories there

@MrEOM41 Год назад

Same ol story thriving black community gets sabatoged/destroyed 😢😡

@yangasidziya3245 4 месяца назад

Bro it's a reccuring theme at this point

@markherron1407 2 года назад

LITTLE AFRICA:A small section of METROPOLIS was once 🔂 known as Little Africa 🌍, ethnically and culturally favored by African American residents. Their socioeconomic situation led to unrest and reports of substandard conditions. When LOIS LANE arrived to conduct some interviews, she learned how much Caucasians were resented, and she used Kryptonian technology to temporarily pass as an African American in order to conduct her investigation! Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!

@krissmith9952 2 года назад

We're still going strong~ 💚🕶️💚

@HITMANHEARN09 2 года назад

I live on 34th & Southern with Henry & Pearl Mcgee

@jaewilliams2067 Год назад

Hi were you living there? And do you know where our people came from before we got to America?

@BiC_T-Kno Год назад

My family is from Louisville ky... The Joneses the Porters and the Wades

@asilmusicgroup3058 Год назад

Them are some nutritious last names

@tyronepearson8279 3 года назад

THE GATE WAY TO THE SOUTH!!! BORN & RAISE HERE

@krissmith9952 Год назад

We sure are⚖️♎⚖️502 KY FLOw

@travisbrand3135 Год назад

So another Tulsa Ok?

@main1033 Год назад

Not really. Tulsa had millionaires and was rebuilt multiple times. So they built a highway through it. Tulsa was considered a national threat to the economic interests in OK. This city is nothing compared to it.

@NateBullock-ow6on 2 месяца назад

@@main1033Louisville Kentucky is way bigger than Tulsa mo ron😂

@main1033 2 месяца назад

@@NateBullock-ow6on It's a shit hole

@MrDan11422 3 года назад

The day we stop labeling each other is the day rascism dies. I rather see you as my friend then your skin color. I know that people were treated like crap in the past, but how does that help all of us grow. When will we stop labeling each other? I don't have a black friend or white friend. I have a friend.

@main1033 Год назад

Well you don't mind helping your friends grow by paying reparations.

@NateBullock-ow6on 2 месяца назад

I bet the cotter homes were rough as hell. But they're really nice now😊