- Collection:
- FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
- Title:
- Leander Perez
- Creator:
- United States. Federal Bureau of InvestigationUni
- Date of Original:
- 1956/1965
- Subject:
- Civil rights--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish
Freedom of religion--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish
School integration--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish
Segregation in education--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish
Suffrage--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish
African Americans--Suffrage
Political rights--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish
Voting--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish
Election monitoring--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish
Harassment--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish
Intimidation--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish
Intervention (Federal government)--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish
Governmental investigations--Louisiana--Plaquemines Parish - People:
- Perez, Leander, 1891-1969
- Location:
- United States, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, 29.54421, -89.82047
United States, Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish, Pointe à la Hache, 29.57633, -89.79173 - Medium:
- federal government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Leander Perez was a Prosecuting Attorney for Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The FBI opened an investigation on Perez for his possible violation of Civil Rights Statutes by depriving individuals of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana their right to freedom of religion and integrated education. On January 30, 1956, in an interview, Leander Perez stated, "I have requested the investigation be discontinued at the Washington level and expects the FBI investigation be called off." The Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana contacted the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, and they agreed that no further investigations would be done. In 1965, another Civil Rights investigation was opened on Perez for complaints that Perez harassed federal election examiners and observers in Belle Chase, Louisiana. Perez also tried to intimidate African Americans who showed up to vote by yelling and cursing at them.
"Leander Henry Perez, Sr., (July 16, 1891-March 19, 1969) was the Democratic "political boss" of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes, Louisiana, in the first half of the twentieth century. Officially, he served as a district judge, later as district attorney, and as president of the Plaquemines Parish Commission Council. Perez was born in Dalcour, Louisiana, to Roselius E. "Fice" Perez (died 1939) and the former Gertrude Solis (died 1944). He was educated in New Orleans schools, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, and the Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. Perez opened a law practice in New Orleans and Plaquemines Parish." Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leander_Perez
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. - Metadata URL:
- http://vault.fbi.gov/Leander%20Perez%2C%20Sr.
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 file (263 p.)
- Original Collection:
- Federal Bureau of Investigation records, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Contributing Institution:
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Rights: