Algiers: The Untold Story, the African American Experience, 1929-1955 is a community history book that explores the lives of African Algiers community of New Orleans during the Great Depression, World War II and the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement. Amazing story! Fantastic read. Heartfelt images. Griot-type history. One for the books. Everybody in the world knows about New Orleans. Our City is one of the most uniquely blessed cities on the planet. There is no other place like it in the world. And yet, in the history books, African Americans are largely absent. So, rather than complain about these facts, I endeavored to do something about it. I applied for a grant, gathered the elders of my community, and I wrote the book! Allyson Ward Neal lived in the Algiers community of New Orleans in her formative years with her parents Lula Bocage Ward and James Ward, Jr. Mrs. Neal grew up on Thayer Street with her two brothers, Aaron Quinton and Andre Lamar Ward. The family lived only a few houses away from Mrs. Neal's Grandparents, Lillian Collins Watson and Philip Watson who often told stories about Algiers' social heyday.