Fairclough, Adam
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1952-
Biographical Statement
Adam Fairclough was born November 14, 1952 in London, England. He is a British historian of the United States, specializing in the Civil Rights Movement and Reconstruction. He served as a visiting scholar at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1987. He is now Professor Emeritus of American History at the Leiden University Institute for History in the Netherlands, where he served as Raymond and Beverly Sackler chair from 2005 to 2016.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Adam Fairclough oral history collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 679
Scope and Contents
The Adam Fairclough oral history collection contains three audiocassettes of interviews conducted by Dr. Adam Fairclough during his research period for his book Race & Democracy: The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972. Included is one cassette each of interviews with William Bailey, Sr. (President of the Bogalusa NAACP, 1950-72), Harvey R.H. Britton (Field Director of the NAACP in Louisiana), and James H. Henderson (President of the New Iberia...
Dates:
Created: 1987, 1992; Other: Majority of material found in 1987; Other: Date acquired: 00/00/1988