OC BLACK HISTORY (The story of a neighborhood OC society did not want you to know about) (Santa Ana: transplants)

[matzoman]

This is an interesting article a friend sent me. His Grandfather lived in this neighborhood in the 1960's until they were able to move out because more housing restrictions were lifted in the rest of OC. It was a well known fact that it was kept quiet that there ounce was a thriving Black neighborhood in OC because fearful whites wanted it that way.


And on the day Dr. King died… | berry, king, black - Life - The Orange County Register

[AD1985]

I wonder how much this contributes (if at all) to OC's property values.

[matzoman]

Originally Posted by AD1985

I wonder how much this contributes (if at all) to OC's property values.

'Back Then' That was the whole point. To keep them penned into that tiny area and not spill over into the rest of OC and lower the property values of the white midwestern transplants who dominated OC's population at the time.

[Coldjensens]

There are still some properties with covenenats not to sell to black people. They are unenforceable of course, but still on the books.

That area of Santa Ana was in the 1980s one of the worst areas of the City and back then the city was really bad. I do nto know whether plack people still lived there or not. I did not go to that area

[2Easy]

I remember reading another article about Orange County's first black neighborhood many years ago. IIRC it was also in Santa Ana and may have even been the same neighborhood. But that one started in the 30's or 40's and was started by Jamaicans that had come to work some crop that I can't recall.

[matzoman]

Originally Posted by 2Easy

I remember reading another article about Orange County's first black neighborhood many years ago. IIRC it was also in Santa Ana and may have even been the same neighborhood. But that one started in the 30's or 40's and was started by Jamaicans that had come to work some crop that I can't recall.

Yea, I read about that also. It was written about in a book titled 'Suburban Warriors' by Lisa Mcgirr They were Jamaican and eventually all went back home.

[2Easy]

Originally Posted by matzoman

Yea, I read about that also. It was written about in a book titled 'Suburban Warriors' by Lisa Mcgirr They were Jamaican and eventually all went back home.

Yeah, that was it.