Natchitoches-Cane River oral history collection
Oral histories with Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana residents on segregation and racial relations in the area.
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Date of Original
2005
Subject
Oral history--Louisiana--Natchitoches
Civil rights--Louisiana--Natchitoches
Civil rights workers--Louisiana--Natchitoches
African Americans--Civil rights--Louisiana--Natchitoches
Location
United States, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, 31.72354, -93.09624
United States, Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Natchitoches, 31.76072, -93.08627
Medium
oral histories (literary works)
Type
Sound
Description
The Natchitoches / Cane River Civil rights Oral History Project is part of the Louisiana State Museum's Civil Rights Oral History Collection and features interviews with leading civil rights activists from the Natchitoches and Cane River areas. The collection consists of 56 interviews and comprises over 100 hours of recordings. There are currently 20 complete interviews available in the digital library and the remaining interviews will be completed by the end of 2007., 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.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
Louisiana State Museum
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