Monroe, Louisiana, 1930-1932
Hello everyone, I live in California but my father and his mother are from Monroe, Louisiana. Back in 1931 sometime, my father's mother was pregnant with my Dad, and was sitting in the segregated part of the bus (or it might have been a trolley back then, not sure) at any rate, a White man told her to get out of her seat in the segregated part of the bus and she refused. He then began to beat her so badly that she took out a knife (probably a pen knife) and stabbed him in the arm. Not surprisingly, the Whites in the area gathered up a lynch party to come and "get" my grandmother. The Coloreds in Atkins quarter where she lived, took her to the local funeral parlor and hid her there for three days. Later on, she went to court and got off with a fine! A fine! In 1931!! Now, even in 2009 that's unheard of!! I just began researching the story, but everyone who would've known about it, that I've tried to contact, have passed. If anyone knows anymore details about this story on either side, I'd love to talk with you. I've researched the courts, there is no record, my father says because they wanted to lynch her they would keep it out of public records, and no story in the paper at that time. I'm looking for anyone alive in their nineties (I know I know a very long shot!) that might be alive who still remembers the incident, on either side. Any help will be greatly appreciated. By the way, her name was Magnolia Sims Frazier. Thanks so much! Jacqueline
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