- Collection:
- Integration and the Black Experience at LSU
- Title:
- Leo Hamilton oral history interview, 1993
- Creator:
- Hamilton, Leo C., 1951-
- Contributor to Resource:
- T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History
Hebert, Mary J. - Date of Original:
- 1993-08-21
- Subject:
- African American children--Education--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Segregation in education--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Discrimination in education--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
African American college students--Louisiana--Baton Rouge--Political activity
Civil rights movements--United States - People:
- Hamilton, Leo C., 1951-
Al-Amin, Jamil, 1943-
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Reddoch, James Wilson, 1924-
Taylor, Cecil G., 1909- - Location:
- United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, 30.53824, -91.09562
United States, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, 30.44332, -91.18747 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings
transcripts - Type:
- Sound
Text - Description:
- Hamilton discusses his family, his segregated early education, his attendance at an integrated Robert E. Lee High School, race relations in Baton Rouge, the civil rights movement, activism among black students at LSU, the relationship between black students at LSU and Southern University, and his legal practice.
Interviewed by May Hebert, August 21, 1993, Hill Memorial Library, LSU Campus, Baton Rouge, La.
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. - Local Identifier:
- LLMVC--L:4700.0322
- Metadata URL:
- http://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/lsu-ibe%3A24
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.
- Original Collection:
- Integration and the Black Experience at LSU Collection (Louisiana State University)
- Contributing Institution:
- LSU Libraries. Special Collections
- Rights:
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