Number of Interviews: 48
Dates when interviews were conducted: 1993 - present
Time Period Covered: 1930s - 1970s
Principal interviewers: Greta de Jong, Mary Hebert, Miranda Kombert, Marc Sternberg
Finding Aids: Inventory log; some transcripts; some indexes; some abstracts
Access Restrictions: Permission of interviewer
Description: These interviews document the civil rights movement in Baton Rouge and the
surrounding parishes. Topics include the experience of African Americans in Baton Rouge
during the period of segregation, the Baton Rouge bus boycott, sit-ins in
1960, Baton Rouge's biracial committee, the desegregation of schools and public facilities, voter
registration, and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in the rural parishes. Interviews
include:
| Dupuy Anderson
Marian Reynard Baun W. K. Brooks Harrison Brown Alvin Decuir and Felton Crockett Janell Crosslin Ralph Dreger John Dutton David Floyd Dudley Frecke John Gerbrecht Clifton and Eual Hall John Henry Hall Lawrence Hall Lorin E. Hall Eunice Hall Harris Janette Harris Helen Haw J. K. Haynes Isabel Herson Donald Hoover Evageline Hughes T. J. Jemison Kenneth Johnson Johnnie Jones |
Lana Parham Lathan
Robert and Essie Mae Lewis Martha Mikell Freddie Millican Kenneth Olivier Leon Netterville George Raby Meg Redden Willis Reed by Mary Hebert Willis Reed by Miranda Kombert Willis Reed by Marc Sternberg Joyce Robinson by Doug Davis Joyce Robinson by Helen Haw Charles Smith Ida Stephens Jack Stockeld Isadore Tansil Cole Thompson Horatio Thompson Jack Wartelle Gus Williams Martin Williams Moses Williams, Sr. |