Surviving Hell Summer: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, racial polarization, and implications for community healing

Leslie T. Grover

Community Development, 2020, vol. 51, issue 3, 283-296

Abstract: Race matters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. For centuries racial inequality has divided the city into two separate cities. In the summer of 2016, Baton Rouge experienced a series of events that heightened racial division. First was the killing of an unarmed black man, Alton Sterling, by two white police officers as he sold CDs outside of a local convenience store. Second was the shooting of three law enforcement officers and wounding of a fourth officer by a black ex-military shooter. By the time a massive flood took 13 lives and wiped out billions of dollars of property almost a month later, racial tensions were at an all-time high. Using Baton Rouge as a case study, this paper provides context for peeling back the layers of racial discord that have plagued the city for centuries.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2020.1798483

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