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| Creator: | Crump, Maxine, 1946- |
| Creator: | Dean, Pamela |
| Title: | Oral history interview, 1992 |
| Date: | 1992 July 14 |
| Description: | As an LSU Alumnae and first female African American to live in a LSU dorm, Maxine Crump, native of Maringouin, Louisiana, discusses registering for courses; Louisiana Education Association President J. K. Haynes; naivete about white resentment for black students at LSU; impressions of LSU campus; discusses her dorm room assignment and the steps the university took to keep her separate from white women in the same dorm; failed attempt to get a white roommate; describes the white women who lived on her floor; desire to fit-in at LSU; reaction of black cafeteria workers to her; white students eating with her; rejection by black students because she had white friends; discusses her white friends; white southerners refused to associate with her; membership in the Newman Club; passing in order to go places with her white friends; segregated bars and restaurants near LSU campus; Black Power movement at LSU; Harambe; dress codes for female students; radicalism of Catholic Student Center; priest Michael Cody; liberalization of the Catholic mass; describes discussions with white liberal students about race; feelings of inferiority about her appearance; white liberals taking pride in having black friends; discusses dorm rules and dress codes; David Duke and Free Speech Alley; LSU administration using delaying tactics to kill student activism; institutionalized racism on campus; election of Kerry Pourciau as the first black student government president; discusses flunking out of LSU; racism of sororities and fraternities; increase in employment opportunities for black secretaries in Baton Rouge in the early 1970s; discusses her most and least favorite classes; sexual harassment on campus. Interviewed by Pamela Dean, July 14, 1992. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Oral histories | Sound recordings | Transcripts |
| Subjects: | Crump, Maxine, 1946- | Cody, Michael | Duke, David Ernest | Pourciau, Kerry | Haynes, J. K. | African American college students--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | African Americans--Segregation--Louisiana | Baton Rouge (La.)--Race relations | Black power--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Civil rights movements--Louisiana | Discrimination in housing--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Discrimination in public accommodations--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Dormitories--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Dress codes--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Greek letter societies--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--Students | Student housing--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Women college students--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Baton Rouge (La.) | East Baton Rouge Parish (La.) |
| Collection: | Integration and the Black Experience at LSU |
| Institution: | Louisiana State University Library Special Collections |
| Contributors: | T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History | Integration and the Black Experience at LSU Collection (Louisiana State University) | LSU Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
| Online Publisher: | Baton Rouge, La. : LOUISiana Digital Library |
| Rights and Usage: | Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws. |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of the online collection, Integration and the Black Experience at LSU. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/IBE,36 |
