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Algiers: The Untold Story
A New Orleans Neighborhood
A New Orleans Neighborhood
Volume 1 - Summary
Algiers: The Untold Story, the African American
Experience, 1929-1955 is a community history book,
published in 2001, that explores the lives of African
Americans who lived in the Algiers community of New
Orleans during the Great Depression, World War II
and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. It
contains compelling stories and historical
photographs taken from the photo albums of some
of Algiers’ oldest African American residents.
The book places particular emphasis on African
American social values, culture and faith. Significant
events were highlighted and included the Great
Depression, the Great Migration, World War II and
various Civil Rights Protests in the New Orleans
Metropolitan Area.
Cost
Algiers: The Untold Story sells for $20.00.
Order Now
Author
The book was written by Allyson Ward Neal who grew
up in the Algiers community and whose family hails
from the area. Mrs. Neal is a bilingual, global
Communications and Web Consultant for Chevron
USA in Houston, Texas. She obtained a bachelor of
arts degree in Journalism from Southern University
and A & M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and a
master of arts degree in communications from
Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.
Funding
Funds to publish Algiers: The Untold Story were
provided by the Louisiana Endowment for the
Humanities, Amistad Research Center of Tulane
University, Beautiful Zion Baptist Church of Algiers
and A & L Communications.
Algiers: The Untold Story, the African American
Experience, 1929-1955 is a community history book,
published in 2001, that explores the lives of African
Americans who lived in the Algiers community of New
Orleans during the Great Depression, World War II
and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. It
contains compelling stories and historical
photographs taken from the photo albums of some
of Algiers’ oldest African American residents.
The book places particular emphasis on African
American social values, culture and faith. Significant
events were highlighted and included the Great
Depression, the Great Migration, World War II and
various Civil Rights Protests in the New Orleans
Metropolitan Area.
Cost
Algiers: The Untold Story sells for $20.00.
Order Now
Author
The book was written by Allyson Ward Neal who grew
up in the Algiers community and whose family hails
from the area. Mrs. Neal is a bilingual, global
Communications and Web Consultant for Chevron
USA in Houston, Texas. She obtained a bachelor of
arts degree in Journalism from Southern University
and A & M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and a
master of arts degree in communications from
Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.
Funding
Funds to publish Algiers: The Untold Story were
provided by the Louisiana Endowment for the
Humanities, Amistad Research Center of Tulane
University, Beautiful Zion Baptist Church of Algiers
and A & L Communications.
| Quick Facts |
- 1st Edition of
Algiers: The Untold
Story
- 115-page black &
white book
- Historical
narratives from
Algiers' oldest
residents
- Photographs from
various private
collections
- Allyson Neal, Author
