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| Creator: | Burns, Paul Y. |
| Creator: | Crafts, Edward C. |
| 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 |
| Date: | 1966 |
| 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. |
| Types: | Letters (correspondence) |
| Subjects: | 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 | Baton Rouge (La.) | East Baton Rouge Parish (La.) |
| Collection: | LSU Special Collections Library - Selected Materials |
| Institution: | Louisiana State University Library Special Collections |
| Contributors: | LSU Libraries. Special Collections Dept. | LSU Special Collections Online (LSU Libraries) |
| Online Publisher: | Baton Rouge, La. : LOUISiana Digital Library | 2006 |
| Original Material: | Baton Rouge Council on Human Relations Records, Mss. 4813, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Manuscript Collection |
| 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: LSU Special Collections Online. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/LSU_SCE,207 |
