- Collection:
- LSU Special Collections Library - Selected Materials
- Title:
- Letters, Paul Y. Burns, Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations, and Dr. Edward C. Crafts, Director of the U.S. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
- Creator:
- Burns, Paul Y.
- Contributor to Resource:
- Crafts, Edward C.
- Publisher:
- Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations Records, Mss. 4813, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Manuscript Collection
- Date of Original:
- 1966
- Subject:
- Baton Rouge (La.). Recreation and Park Commission
Civil rights movements--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Louisiana--Race relations
Public welfare--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Discrimination in public accommodations--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Recreation areas--Public use--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
Swimming pools--Louisiana--Baton Rouge
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964 - 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:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- In February 1964, the Supreme Court overturned a Louisiana law requiring segregation of public park facilities. In May of that year, U.S. District Judge E. Gordon West ordered the integration of the Recreation and Parks Commission facilities, which included the public pools. The commission decided to fill in the pool at City Park instead. In 1966, the other public pools in the city were still closed, as Burns writes. The Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations was established in 1965 to foster community awareness of racial discriminatory practices and policies. To ensure compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Council monitored local restaurants, public parks, doctors' offices, and other community facilities, such as public parks.
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://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/lsu-sc-sce%3A53
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Physical rights are retained by the LSU Libraries. Copyright is retained in accordance with U. S. copyright laws.
- Original Collection:
- LSU Special Collections Online (LSU Libraries)
Forms part of the online collection: LSU Special Collections Online. - Contributing Institution:
- LSU Libraries. Special Collections
- Rights:
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