Kim Lacy Rogers collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists mostly of sound recordings of oral history interviews conducted by Kim Lacy Rogers with persons involved in the desegregation process in New Orleans. These include opponents and proponents of segregation. Notable interviewees include: Daniel Byrd, Albert Dent, Tom Dent, Lolis Elie, Oretha Castle Haley, Rosa Freeman Keller, Mayor Maurice "Moon" Landrieu, Rudy Lombard, Mayor Ernest N. "Dutch" Morial, John O'Neal, Revius Ortique, Jackson Ricau, Jerome Smith, and Betty Wisdom. The Rogers collection also includes some interview transcripts, essays and publications by Rogers, and collected publications and ephemera from various pro-segregationist groups.
This collection was processed under a grant from the Keller Family Foundation. Digital transfer of oral history audio cassettes and creation of interview summaries provided by funding from the RosaMary Foundation.
Dates
- Created: 1959-1996
- Other: Majority of material found in 1979-1988
- Other: Date acquired: 10/02/1979
Creator
- Rogers, Kim Lacy (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.
Extent
3.33 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Source of Acquisition
Kim Lacy Rogers
Method of Acquisition
Gift
Appraisal Information
This collection consists of oral history interviews and other materials compiled larger for the research of Kim Lacy Rogers. This collection offers a wealth of information on the Civil Rights Movement in New Orleans.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Andrew Salinas, August-September 2010.
Creator
- Rogers, Kim Lacy (Person)
- Stevens, Glenda (Person)
- Title
- Kim Lacy Rogers collection
- Author
- Andrew Salinas
- Date
- 09/13/2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Amistad Research Center Repository
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