I grew up in Greenhills in the 50s and 60s. In Scouts I earned the Citizenship in the Community merit badge. One of the requirements was to interview an adult who grew up in the community. I interviewed an elderly man who was one of the original residents. We had a very interesting talk. The reason, though, that I share is because he told me the low income housing built was meant for WW1 veterans specifically. That is a point left out of the video's discussion.
My great grandparents, grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles all lived here. My great grandparents were original residents. I was the Fourth generation to live here along with most of my 1st cousins in the 80s-90s. All my siblings and the vast majority of my cousins left when we had children because the public school system isn't the best. Still one aunt/uncle and two cousins with their families are there to call Greenhills home. I really hope their kids don't leave. They're the 5th generation of my extended family to live there. Hope they're not the last.
Yup. Very true. My Dad would tell me about that being true in the 60s and 70s when he was growing up in Greenhills. As I grew up there in the 80s-90s it was an unspoken but very true reality that the black residents from Springfield Township and Forest Park weren't really welcome, even if they were just passing through. Sad but true. Didn't make much sense to most of us who grew up in the first Winton Woods generation. Things have changed considerably in that regard since the 90s. I expect some of the old timers in Greenhills still aren't crazy about the way things have slowly but steadily changed. I will say though I also felt very unwelcome in certain parts of Forest Park more than once in my life. We lived in a very complicated community and had to deal with a lot of historical baggage to be sure.
@@historyinyourownbackyard2363 To be specific, Greenhills was a "sundown town." African Americans were not only prohibited from living there, but they actually had to be out of town by sundown. (Sadly, there were 8 towns in Ohio with sundown laws.) Until the 1960s, the only African Americans allowed in town were the school's 2 janitors, and they literally had to be out by sundown. The end of "sundown" in Greenhills didn't happen until an engineer at GE and his family moved in around 1966.
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I grew up in Greenhills in the 50s and 60s. In Scouts I earned the Citizenship in the Community merit badge. One of the requirements was to interview an adult who grew up in the community. I interviewed an elderly man who was one of the original residents. We had a very interesting talk. The reason, though, that I share is because he told me the low income housing built was meant for WW1 veterans specifically. That is a point left out of the video's discussion.
I did not know that!
My great grandparents, grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles all lived here. My great grandparents were original residents. I was the Fourth generation to live here along with most of my 1st cousins in the 80s-90s. All my siblings and the vast majority of my cousins left when we had children because the public school system isn't the best. Still one aunt/uncle and two cousins with their families are there to call Greenhills home. I really hope their kids don't leave. They're the 5th generation of my extended family to live there. Hope they're not the last.
Great story!
My grandparents and parents lived here, and I was a kid here, for a few years.
Did they mention it was a sundown town? I lived in Forest park right next door
Yup. Very true. My Dad would tell me about that being true in the 60s and 70s when he was growing up in Greenhills. As I grew up there in the 80s-90s it was an unspoken but very true reality that the black residents from Springfield Township and Forest Park weren't really welcome, even if they were just passing through. Sad but true. Didn't make much sense to most of us who grew up in the first Winton Woods generation. Things have changed considerably in that regard since the 90s. I expect some of the old timers in Greenhills still aren't crazy about the way things have slowly but steadily changed. I will say though I also felt very unwelcome in certain parts of Forest Park more than once in my life. We lived in a very complicated community and had to deal with a lot of historical baggage to be sure.
war thunder af 2019 ???
don't see any AFRICAN-AMERICANS?😌
You're absolutely correct. This community restricted African Americans.
@@historyinyourownbackyard2363 To be specific, Greenhills was a "sundown town." African Americans were not only prohibited from living there, but they actually had to be out of town by sundown. (Sadly, there were 8 towns in Ohio with sundown laws.) Until the 1960s, the only African Americans allowed in town were the school's 2 janitors, and they literally had to be out by sundown. The end of "sundown" in Greenhills didn't happen until an engineer at GE and his family moved in around 1966.
I grew up in Green hills and that family. One of their sons graduated from GHS with me. I did not know his uniqueness.
War thunder
Built those property’s to last
I usually like these videos, but the lady simply reading out loud is pretty boring.