tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193846743734368357.post279974390826053466..comments2023-09-22T05:07:23.669-04:00Comments on A River Runs Through Us: The Island Queen and Coney IslandUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193846743734368357.post-19123837294465147452017-06-14T10:34:32.705-04:002017-06-14T10:34:32.705-04:00Great post, Kathy! Marian Spencer led the fight to...Great post, Kathy! Marian Spencer led the fight to desegregate Coney Island and Sunlite Pool. When I was a consultant for the Health Alliance, a colleague told me that as a child in Mt. Auburn, they had to walk past Christ Hospital to get to Cincinnati General/University Hospital/UC Medical Center because they felt African Americans were not welcomed at Christ in the early 60s.<br /><br />Wendybeckcommhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047169020407862827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193846743734368357.post-27033825004493988822014-08-02T02:53:48.010-04:002014-08-02T02:53:48.010-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349011727942441150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193846743734368357.post-63832987778053129122012-04-17T23:01:55.329-04:002012-04-17T23:01:55.329-04:00From Susan Clark:
Susan Clark12:07 PM
For those of...From Susan Clark:<br />Susan Clark12:07 PM<br />For those of us growing up white north of the Mason-Dixon line the issues of racism, civil rights and segregation were academic. It was a southern problem, nothing to do with "us". As distant as Vietnam - until school desegregation efforts in the 1960s brought the issues home. Then we were forced to look in the mirror. It wasn't pretty.Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417754385375586302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193846743734368357.post-76360597900340685982012-04-17T23:01:15.612-04:002012-04-17T23:01:15.612-04:00I was having a conversation with a school principa...I was having a conversation with a school principal I worked with and we were comparing memories of our childhoods growing up in Cincinnati. When I brought up Coney Island, she told me that she was not able to get in there as a child. This was a contemporary of mine AND I HAD NO IDEA this was the case. What blows me away is the fact that I could live in this community and be "protected" from reality. I'm going to check out the link to that case.Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417754385375586302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193846743734368357.post-9203647752867881862012-04-17T22:58:33.675-04:002012-04-17T22:58:33.675-04:00From Kristin Williams:
Just found this "U.S. ...From Kristin Williams:<br />Just found this "U.S. Supreme Court BOB-LO EXCURSION CO. V. PEOPLE OF STATE OF MICHIGAN" http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=333&invol=28<br /><br />Kristin Williams Apr 15, 2012<br />I think that's the only way things like this can go on - people who aren't affected don't realize it's even happening. And sometimes if they do they don't understand what it means to those who are living it.Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417754385375586302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193846743734368357.post-36902898574234541592012-04-17T22:55:13.300-04:002012-04-17T22:55:13.300-04:00+Kristin Williams In rereading your comment, I can...+Kristin Williams In rereading your comment, I can't believe that a case like this had to go all the way to the Supreme Court!Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417754385375586302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193846743734368357.post-44959507901002433042012-04-17T20:08:46.853-04:002012-04-17T20:08:46.853-04:00I was discussing this with an African-American fri...I was discussing this with an African-American friend on Friday. He told me his mother worked there in the 50's. They wouldn't even allow African-Americans to WORK there in the lowliest of jobs until the 50s. It's hard to accept that this stuff was the norm during my lifetime.Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417754385375586302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193846743734368357.post-86994843272755797802012-04-17T20:06:55.668-04:002012-04-17T20:06:55.668-04:00Kristin,
I agree. I'm going to copy and paste...Kristin,<br />I agree. I'm going to copy and paste the comments here:<br />From Kristin:<br />We had a similar park in Detroit with a river boat. I remember a family trip my mother's parents and my cousins one Saturday in the 1950s. It's closed now. Bob-lo Island. Before a suit brought before the US Supreme Court 1948, the boat also excluded African-Americans.Kathy Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09417754385375586302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193846743734368357.post-76466674882519005022012-04-17T12:37:24.308-04:002012-04-17T12:37:24.308-04:00Sort of a shame all the comments are over on googl...Sort of a shame all the comments are over on google+ where they won't stay with this post.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.com