For those persons who were apart of the conversation about the NAACP having a prayer vigil for The late Michael Brown, here is a historical fact of Killeen Texas, of which I stated about Marlboro Heights, the birth of the black population in Killeen. Its a true fact. Blacks were not allowed to live in the city of Killeen until the 1950s. If anyone lived here during that time period, please give your input: According to Wikipedia:: By 1955, Killeen had an estimated 21,076 residents and 224 businesses. Troop cutbacks and transfers in the mid-1950s led to another recession in Killeen which lasted until 1959, when various divisions were returned to Fort Hood. (Elvis Presley lived in Killeen for a time during his stint in the army.) The town continued to grow through the 1960s, especially after the Vietnam War led to increased activity at Fort Hood. By 1970 Killeen had developed into a city of 35,507 inhabitants and had added a municipal airport, a new municipal library, and a junior college (Central Texas College). By 1980, when the census counted 49,307 people in Killeen, it was the largest city in Bell County. By 1990 its population had increased to 63,535, and 265,301 people lived in the Killeen/Temple metropolitan area. In addition to shaping local economic development after 1950, the military presence at Fort Hood also changed the citys racial, religious, and ethnic composition. No blacks lived in the city in 1950, for example, but by the early 1950s the town had added Marlboro Heights, an all-black subdivision, and in 1956 the city school board voted to integrate the local high school. The citys first resident Catholic priest was assigned to the St. Josephs parish in 1954, and around the same time, new Presbyterian and Episcopal churches were built. By the 1980s the city had a heterogeneous population including whites, blacks, Mexican Americans, Koreans, and a number of other foreign nationals.[citation needed]
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 02:19:59 +0000
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