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| Creator: | Hamilton, Leo C., 1951- |
| Creator: | Hebert, May |
| Title: | Oral history interview, 1993 |
| Date: | 1993 Aug. 21 |
| Description: | Leo C. Hamilton, a LSU Alumni and Baton Rouge attorney, discusses the social nature of Harambe; use of St. Albans and Methodist Center for meetings; activist ministers; fight against white fraternities reserving seats at football games; urging university to recruit black athletes; racism of Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp; African American students felt like outsiders; sit-in in Chancellors office in 1971; Dean James Reddoch; integrated student housing; black cultural awareness; Southern students' animosity for LSU; Southern University; Southern Riots; division within Harambe over how to protest riot; Ted Schirmer and Progressive Students' Alliance; March to state capitol after Southern riots; Black Muslims; Harambe's community outreach program; racism of Baton Rouge and Campus Police; political activism of Harambe; David Duke; SGA president Kerry Pourciau and problems getting Harambe's support; death of Harambe; race relations at LSU in the 1990s; working for state government; specialty labor law; establishing own firm; merger with Breazeale, Sachse, and Wilson; law school professors. 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. |
| Types: | Oral histories | Sound recordings | Transcripts |
| Subjects: | Hamilton, Leo C., 1951- | Al-Amin, Jamil, 1943- | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 | Reddoch, James Wilson, 1924- | Taylor, Cecil G., 1909- | African American college students--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Lee High School (Baton Rouge, La.)--Students | Civil rights movements--Louisiana | Student movements--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) | Baton Rouge (La.)--Race relations | African Americans--Segregation--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Discrimination in education--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | Sit-ins--Louisiana--Baton Rouge | McKinley High School (Baton Rouge, La.) | 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,33 |
